"As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see "the River Tiber foaming with much blood."

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Source : Speech at Annual Meeting of West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre, Birmingham, 20 April 1968, in 'Observer' 21 April 1968

Enoch Powell

#Blood Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Once a person knows a kiss and a kind word, you can't blame him for never wanting to live without them again. - "The Bridges of Madison County"”
“Self-care is not about self-indulgence , it is about self-preservati on.”
“We've spent so much time judging what other people created that we've created very, very little of our own.”
“And there I was, 225 pounds, perpetually lost and confused, short legs, ape-like upper body, all chest, no neck, head too large, blurred eyes, hair uncombed, 6 feet of geek, waiting for her.”
“Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair. You will inevitably make mistakes but at the end of your days, you will be remembered for your gallop, not for your stumble.”
“And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.”
“And within the world that you've created, the physics of that world have to remain constant; they can't be amorphous and changing.”
“If you are doing well, your business will pay more in tax; if you're not doing well, you pay less.”

Source : "Matt Gonzalez taking his run for mayor in stride / He wants to apply ethics to politics" by Julian Guthrie, www.sfgate.com. October 22, 2003.

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