"A true gangster can smell out a person's strenghts and weaknesses in a matter of minutes, but what they can sense most of all, what their bodies are most attuned to, is the scent of fear."

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Source : Lorenzo Carcaterra (2002). “Gangster”, p.311, Ballantine Books

Lorenzo Carcaterra

#Smell Quotes #Strenght Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.”
“It's a misnomer to say you can criminalize one part of the transaction and not criminalize the entire transaction. For example in Sweden, where the law was passed in 1999. Those laws didn't actually decriminalize people who sell sex; they introduced new criminal penalties for the people who buy sex. Nothing changed in the legal status for the sex workers themselves. It's impossible for them to operate a legal business. When you criminalize part of a transaction, you're creating collateral damage for all those engaged in it. You are now making them work in a criminalized context.”
“A day may sink or save a realm.”
“I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.”
“I am able to control only that which I am aware of. That which I am unaware of controls me. Awareness empowers me.”

Source : John Whitmore (2010). “Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership”, p.34, Nicholas Brealey Publishing
“For me, the existence of nonexistence of God is a nonissue.”
“Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.”
“Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down to the sea, A host in the sunshine, an army in June, The people God sends us to set our heart free.”

Source : Bliss Carman (1931). “Bliss Carman's Poems”, McClelland & Stewart

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