"No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting."

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Murray Kempton

#Scoundrels Quotes

“The people who believe themselves to be on the left, and who defend the agents of Islam in the name of tolerance and culture, are being rightwing. Not just rightwing. Extreme rightwing. I don't understand how you can be so upset about the Christian right and just ignore the Islamic right. I'm talking about equality.”

Source : "Hope and Memory: Lessons from the Twentieth Century". Book by Tzvetan Todorov, 2003.
“You're always a work in progress. Flexibility. Personality. Motivation. There's always room to improve.”
“If it [talent] isnâ€™t strong enough to take the gaff of real training, then itâ€™s not worth much.”
“He may be out of my life physically, but he'll always be a part of me. I can't let go even if I wanted to.”
“I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do. They show us that conversations are possible across distances.”
“I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.”
“So here's the flash: Continuing to live life as a victim of circumstance, forever focusing on what's wrong with everything and everybody, will never, ever, bring the life desired. It will only bring one thing: more of whatever it is we're wanting so desperately to change.”

Source : Lynn Grabhorn (2009). “Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings”, p.44, Hampton Roads Publishing
“I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.”

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