"An animal is not cruel; it lives wholly in the instant leap on its prey, in the present taste of marrow or blood. Cruelty begins with the memory, and the pleasures of the memory are impure; they draw their strength along levels where no sun has reached."

-- Storm Jameson

#Memories Quotes #Animal Quotes #Blood Quotes

“Last year they came in and won the game; that's how I would define it. Revenge is never on our mind. What's on our mind is playing defense, rebounding, taking care of the ball, and running our transition game.”
“There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the Russians and it seems to me that it is a time for me to use all the restraint I can on these other people who have been apparently getting a little more irritated.”
“There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.”
“I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.”
“He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.”
“To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.”
“As it becomes longer at No. 1, I feel more and more pressure. Everybody is trying to grab every piece of me.”
“Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.”

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