"Wise words are like arrows flung at your forehead. What do you do? Why, you duck of course."

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Source : Steven Erikson (2009). “Deadhouse Gates: (Malazan Book Of Fallen 2)”, p.179, Random House

Steven Erikson

#Wise Quotes #Arrows Quotes #Ducks Quotes

“As an individual doing a podcast, you don't get even remotely rich. It's not something to do for money.”
“For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his name's glory”
“We only speak two languages here: English and profanity.”
“Duke Ellington's career traces the entire history of jazz. The repertoire associated with him contains the most important elements in the music and provides concrete examples of some of the best ways to present the music in the widest variety of settings-radio, TV, recordings, movies, concert halls, festivals, solo, small ensemble, big band, symphony orchestra, opera, Broadway shows.... You name it, he did it!”
“Now every mortal has pain and sweat is constant, but if there is anything dearer than being alive, it's dark to me. We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth-- we call it life. We know no other. The underworld's a blank and all the rest just fantasy.”
“Poison and medicine are often the same thing, given in different proportions”
“There must be some point, at which the lawyer's own personal and social morality will rebel against his traditional allegiance to his client.”
“The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.”

Source : Derrick Bell (2008). “Faces At The Bottom Of The Well: The Permanence Of Racism”, p.9, Basic Books

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