"It is vain to look for a defense against lightning."

-- Publilius Syrus

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“Age is just a number. Who cares how old the girl is that I date?”
“There are no conventional games involving conditions of uncertainty without risk.”

Source : "Johannes Gutenberg printed playing cards the same year as his famous Bible (1440). The cards from Gutenberg's press were Tarot cards, from which the modern deck is derived. The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic". Book by Richard Arnold Epstein, 1977.
“I used to be sick of the backroads of Minnesota. I had to drive 30 miles to get home every day, take the schoolbus for two hours. But to drive through America and see the backroads, from Nashville to Memphis, Lovick to New Mexico, was incredible. It was probably the greatest trip of my life.”

Source : "Garrett Hedlund: 'Life is fun when you're in motion'". Interview With Damon Wise, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2012.
“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”
“The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.”
“The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.”
“But when you are being physically and psychologically tortured, it is difficult to remove yourself from the pressingness of the moment at hand. Here's how I dealt with bullying: I cried, I hated myself, I hated my life. I didn't deal with it, I survived it, but I never dealt with it. So here are two tips from someone with lots of experience. 1: It's not about you, it has nothing to do with you, it's about the ***** doing it to you. 2: Your job is not to deal with it, your job is to survive it, which you CAN do because it WILL end. And then yes, it will get better.”
“We have history, you and I. You just donâ€™t know it yet.”

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