"Mack Bolan was simply a man who could command himself."

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Source : "War Against the Mafia".

Don Pendleton

#Men Quotes #Mack Quotes #Command Quotes

“The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about whats in style, whats current, what are the trends. Think instead of what you like to read, what do you admire, what you like to listen to in music. What do you like to look at in architecture? Try to make a poem that has some of those qualities.”

Source : "On Living Merrily and Trusting Good Verses" by Robert Pinsky, bigthink.com.
“If an American is motoring on his own, he (the paragon of morality and chastity) will slow down and stop beside every solitary pretty female pedestrian, bare his teeth in a big smile, and tempt her into his car with a wild roll of the eyes. A lady who fails to appreciate his passion will qualify as an idiot who doesn't realise how lucky she is to have the opportunity of getting to know the owner of this 100-horse-power motor car.”

Source : Vladimir Mayakovsky (2005). “My Discovery of America”
“The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.”
“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”

Source : "The Ultimate Book of Quotations". Book by Joseph Demakis, 2012.
“If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem.”

Source : I. F. Stone (2009). “The Best of I.F. Stone”, p.227, PublicAffairs
“Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.”
“Study after study shows that happiness precedes important outcomes and indicators of thriving.”
“Ah me! how easy it is (how much all have experienced it) to indulge in brave words in another person's trouble. [Lat., Hei mihi, quam facile est (quamvis hic contigit omnes), Alterius lucta fortia verba loqui!]”

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