"One must not love oneself so much, as to avoid getting involved in the risks of life that history demands of us, and those that fend off danger will lose their lives."

-- Oscar Romero

#Risk Quotes #Demand Quotes #Danger Quotes

“Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.”
“There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but a hatred of all injury.”
“The dumpling-eaters are a race sprung partly from the old Epicurean and partly from the Peripatetic Sect; they were first brought into Britain by Julius Caesar; and finding it a Land of Plenty, they wisely resolved never to go home again.”
“I am a fighter who walks, talks and thinks fighting but I try not to look like it”
“In Russia, we have a long tradition of compassion for people who have been put into labor camps or prison.”
“We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat.”

Source : "Sonny Bono Killed In Skiing Accident", www.cnn.com. January 6, 1998.
“One thing we didn't know in 1996 is that it's very, very difficult, if not impossible, to sustain a culture with online advertising.”
“Let's talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse?”

Source : Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella (2010). “My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman”, p.32, Macmillan

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