"When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace."

-- Red Cloud

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Men Quotes

“My life's far too complicated to be summed up in one song. It would take 20 just to represent one single day.”

Source : "Portrait of the artist: Meat Loaf, singer". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2010.
“The activity of both sets of muscles, the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles, varies reciprocally. Thus, during inspiration the tonus of the diaphragm increases while that of the abdominal muscles decreases, and vice-versa during expiration. Hence there exists between these two muscle groups a floating equilibrium constantly shifting in both directions.”
“I have a smoke grenade in my room," I said. "What?" Megan asked. "How?" "I grew up working at a munitions plant," I said. "We mostly made rifles and handguns, but we worked with other factories. I got to pick up the occasional goody from the QC reject pile." "A smoke grenade is a goody?" Cody asked. I frowned. What did he mean? Of course it was. Who wouldn't want a smoke grenade when offered one?”
“Fashion as a whole is a farce, completely. The people behind it are perverted, the styles are created by freaked out people, just natural weirdos. I know this because I worked with all those people while I was modeling.”

Source : "Edie : American Girl". Book by Jean Stein and George Plimpton, 1982.
“Too many Americans are out of work, and our debt is out of control.”

Source : "Paul Ryan Speaks at Republican National Convention". "Cnn Live Event/Special" with Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett, www.cnn.com. August 29, 2012.
“I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.”

Source : "Q&A – Anson Mount (Cullen Bohannon)". AMCtv.com Interview, www.amc.com. August 2012.
“It's going to take generations of gay people marrying before these things start to feel natural. We haven't had it long enough to remake it as our own, so it does feel like you're getting dressed up in straight drag to do it.”
“Ideas govern the world, or throw it into chaos.”

Source : Auguste Comte (1975). “Auguste Comte and Positivism: The Essential Writings”, p.499, Transaction Publishers

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