"There's no reason to trade insults. We have our way of life and they have theirs. I wouldn't live as they do, but disrespect seems pointless. I'm sure there are good people among them."

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Source : Alexei Panshin (1982). “Rite of passage”, Pocket

Alexei Panshin

#People Quotes #Disrespect Quotes #Way Quotes

“I strive for individual pictures that will burn in people's memories.”
“Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.”
“Discrimination is not liberal. Arguing against discrimination is not intolerance.”
“This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened ... It ought to to be possible, in short, for every American to enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to his race or his color.”
“England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.”
“I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work.”
“My rage is not malicious; like a spark Of fire by steel inforced out of a flint It is no sooner kindled, but extinct.”
“To the Christian death is the exchanging of a tent for a building.”

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