"Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling. And being restrain'd it by degrees becomes passive till it is only the shadow of desire."

-- William Blake

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“I looked for certain attributes in a soldier. I know the modern method is to put the attributes into a computer and see what comes out. But as far as I am concerned, the computer is the worst damn instrument devised by man to screw up man-management.”

Source : "Vokes - My Story" by Chris Vokes, John Philip Maclean, (p. 74), 1985.
“Spokespeople sell women the Iron Maiden and name her "Health": if public discourse were really concerned with women's health, it would turn angrily upon this aspect of the beauty myth.”
“I am constantly torn between the attitude of the conscientious journalist who is a recorder and interpreter of the facts and of the creative artist who often is necessarily at poetic odds with the literal facts.”
“I can do most anything and not have a problem with it. The only time I have negative attention is when I run naked through the streets brandishing a handgun.”
“As football gets more globalized, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.”
“Every once in a while as an actor, you do something that the kids really like.”

Source : "Interview: Ernie Hudson Is The Autobots' Man In The Government In 'Transformers: Prime'". Interview with Charles Webb, www.mtv.com. May 18, 2012.
“When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.”
“The long-term study of GMO foods is going on in real time and in real life. Not in a lab.”

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