"When I was 11, I had an episode in my life. I saw my cousin shoot his wife. It wasn't traumatic... but the shock value. I went back into the apartment to collect some things with my dad, because my cousin was in jail. The bed was all bloody. It was there where she had landed after the bullet. She got a .38 to the face."

-- Richard Ramirez

#Cousin Quotes #Dad Quotes #Jail Quotes

“Liberty cannot be guaranteed by law. Nor by any thing else except the resolution of free citizens to defend their liberties.”
“I've written this song called 'Insania' - it's a mix of Insane and Mania, and even though it's a made up word you instantly know what it means!”
“I'd say people recognize me but having children recognize me is the best. It is a very special thing. Suddenly you feel like you have the power to make the children's dreams come true and it's better than anything else.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm always worried about the sitters - are they cold, are they hot, are they comfortable?”
“It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.”
“Poets are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard of life. It is for this reason that their recognition comes so slowly.”

Source : Amy Lowell (1931). “Tendencies in Modern American Poetry”, p.11, Ardent Media
“When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the Elder, Servius Tullius. Tarquinius the Proud was to be the last, the very last, cast out and replaced forever by something called a republic. A mockery! A mistake! An experiment that failed! Today is the republicâ€™s final day. Tomorrow, men will shout in the Forum, â€˜All hail King Coriolanus!”

Source : Steven Saylor (2007). “Roma: A Novel of Ancient Rome”, p.168, Macmillan
“In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.”

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