"Piracy is robbery with violence, often segueing into murder, rape and kidnapping. It is one of the most frightening crimes in the world. Using the same term to describe a twelve-year-old swapping music with friends, even thousands of songs, is evidence of a loss of perspective so astounding that it invites and deserves the derision it receives."

-- Nick Harkaway

#Song Quotes #Loss Quotes #Years Quotes

“The general intellectual level of South Florida is somewhere just above "functionally retarded".”

Source : Tucker Max (2012). “Hilarity Ensues”, p.289, Simon and Schuster
“The key to winning is poise under stress.”
“A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.”
“Not only did I rediscover every experience of my life, I had to live each unfulfilled desire as wellâ€”as though theyâ€™d been fulfilled. I saw that what transpires in the mind is just as real as any flesh and blood occurrence. What had only been imagination in life, now became tangible, each fantasy a full reality. I lived them allâ€”while, at the same time, standing to the side, a witness to their, often, intimate squalor. A witness cursed with total objectivity.”
“Medications almost always do it better if they're used in conjunction with other supports.”
“The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me.”
“Morals are three-quarters manners.”

Source : "Felix Frankfurter Reminisces". Book by Harlan Buddington Phillips, January 1, 1960.
“Race is the great taboo in our society. We are afraid to talk about it. White folks fear their unspoken views will be deemed racist. People of color are filled with sorrow and rage at unrighted wrongs. Drowning in silence, we are brothers and sisters drowning each other. Once we decide to transform ourselves from fearful caterpillars into courageous butterflies, we will be able to bridge the racial gulf and move forward together towards a bright and colorful future.”

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