"The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services."

-- Jim Lehrer

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“I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.”

Source : Jean Michel Basquiat, Rudy Chiappini (2005). “Basquiat”, Museo D'Arte Moderna Citta Di Lugano
“The letters of famous people can be placed into two categories: there is the type of letter which becomes itself a valuable contribution to literature through its wit, style or wisdom; another kind is that whose main importance lies in the provision of a background to their author's life. Especially in the correspondence of great writers and poets, these two factors are very often combined ...”
“It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.”
“Someone told me that there's a connection to Superman, that in an early edition of the Green Lantern comics, Tomar Re was the envoy to Krypton. That was fascinating to me.”
“Religion cannot sink lower than when somehow it is raised to a state religion ... It becomes then an avowed mistress.”
“I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, you can almost be whatever type of runner you want to be. If you're a good size and a good athlete, you can be whatever type of runner you want.”
“If you're doing something, if you're following something that is directly at odds with who you are, you've got to slow down and ask yourself why you're following that dream.”
“I never kissed a bear, I've never kissed a goon, but I can shake a chicken in the middle of a room.”

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