"The only important property of evils of the past is that they not be repeated in the future, in any way, shape, or form."

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Source : "Stalin is not a cool name for software". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. November 30, 1998.

Erik Naggum

#Past Quotes #Evil Quotes #Important Quotes

“Fear can make all of us do the wrong things sometimes.”
“Mike, did you ever see the movie 'Cast Away?' In that movie, Tom Hanks' only friend was a ball named Wilson. In this game, Russell Wilson's only friend is a football.”

Source : "8 Ridiculous Things Jon Gruden Said On Monday Night Football" by Tony Manfred, www.businessinsider.com. October 29, 2013.
“The avoidance of loss is the surest way to ensure a profitable outcome.”
“It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.”
“Evil almost always starts with small cruelties.”

Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.130, Vintage
“I am inspired by many people. First and foremost, I'm inspired by my mother. She definitely helped her children to feel unconditional love and I want to be that same kind of mother.”
“And then came the nineties, when management, suddenly frightened that they had ceded control to the players, sought to restore baseball's profitability by 'running the game like a business.'”
“I always believed in God, I would go to mass most of the time, but I had no idea of the calling to holiness.”

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