"Words began fights and words ended them."

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Source : Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (2011). “The Yearling”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

#Fighting Quotes #Conflict Quotes

“I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.”
“I always felt as a horn player, a jam session wasn't satisfying enough for me. I should have been a rhythm section player, actually.”
“I think nobody is in a position to react to these big macro-issues. Where is the dollar going to be or what is G.D.P. growth going to be in China? For every smart person on one side of the question, there is another smart person on the other side.”

Source : "Smart Advice for the HuffPost Investor : The System Is Rigged Against You, Can You Beat the Odds Or Should You Stay On the Sidelines?" by Dan Solin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2008.
“I think prices have been moving more on speculation than reality. But this is a market that has been driven by fear for two or three years.”
“It only takes five people in black robes to determine such crucial issues for our country as abortion, pornography, same-sex 'marriage,' and religious liberties.”

Source : "Christian Conservatives Urge Supporters to Call for Roberts Confirmation" by Pauline J. Chang, www.christianpost.com. September 20, 2005.
“Give yourself an impossible task and solve it - then you've got a really good story.”

Source : "Carl Reiner on writing a children's book, tweeting, and joking around with Mel Brooks". Interview with Katherine Brodsky, tv.avclub.com. June 23, 2015.
“Set your goals and go out and do what you need to do to get it.”
“I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.”

Source : Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.183, Library of Alexandria

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