"I felt I was owned by possessions."

-- Nicolas Berggruen

#Possession Quotes

“My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.”
“Those who have come here to hate should leave now; for in their hate, they only betray themselves.”
“You know, sometimes I don't understand what's wrong with us. This is just about the most creative and imaginative country on earthâ€”and yet sometimes we just don't seem to have the gumption to exploit our intellectual property. We split the atom, and now we have to get French or Korean scientists to help us build nuclear power stations. We perfected the finest cars on earthâ€”and now Rolls-Royce is in the hands of the Germans. Whatever we invent, from the jet engine to the internet, we find that someone else carts it off and makes a killing from it elsewhere.”
“When I was 23, basically I stopped modelling and started going to school, and was able to study with wonderful teachers.”
“I've learned the hard lesson that you can't pin your heart on anything until it's a completely done deal.”
“I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.”
“The electricity came on for the second time today wile we were eating. This may be a fool's paradise, but it's a paradise nonetheless.”

Source : Susan Beth Pfeffer (2008). “Life As We Knew It”, p.335, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“As far as a guy like Ray Lewis is concerned, you know hes going to be around the ball all the time.”

Source : "Jamal Lewis: First And Ten". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. September 24, 2003.

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