"There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power."

-- Matt Taibbi

#Literacy Quotes #Slave Quotes #Reason Quotes

“Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.”
“Don't go looking at me like that because you'll wear your eyes out.”

Source : 'La Bête Humaine' (1889-90) ch. 5 J'accuse.
“The Five Points was the toughest street corner in the world. That's how it was known. In fact, Charles Dickens visited it in the 1850s and he said it was worse than anything he'd seen in the East End of London.”
“Giving and receiving love is vital to human existence. It is the glue that binds couples, families, communities, cultures, and nations.”
“Misa: Hey, Light. Wanna come sleep with me tonight? Light: Wh-what are you talking aboutâ€¦? Misa: Ha ha ha! Just kidding! You're saving me for after we catch Kira, right? You don't have to be shy about it! L: Yes, Light. There's no need to be shy. Light: I'm not being shy! L: No need to be so serious either”
“Life is life. You do a lot of different things and you have great adventures but there's not a lot to talk about unless you're in the middle of an adventure at the time. Circumspection is not one of my better, favorite conditions, really.”
“Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again”

Source : "The English Patient". www.imdb.com. 1996.
“In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.”

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