"Faith is not something that one has; faith is something that one practices at the very moment in your life when you really don't believe anything, and you're in the worst kind of despair."

-- Julius Lester

#Believe Quotes #Practice Quotes #Despair Quotes

“The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong.”
“There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.”

Source : "The Hollywood Reporter" Interview, 1974.
“As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1858). “Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: Chiefly from the Lectures of Dr. Blair”, p.263
“There's something about having people around you giving you support that is - it's motivating, and once I got that support from people then I believed I could do anything.”
“For me, it's not about sacking the quarterback. It's about changing the course of the game. It's causing a crucial fumble at a crucial time. It's making a tackle for a loss when the opposing team needs to gain one or two yards for the first down. I look at myself as a sudden-impact player.”
“Strangely enough, when the Sugababes' 'Freak Like Me' went to number 1, which was built around my 'Are 'Friends' Electric' song, I had another song called 'Rip' go to number 1 in the Kerrang TV chart, so I was pulling new people in from very different areas of musical interest. That was quite an amazing week.”
“Nominal damages are in effect, only a peg to hang costs on.”

Source : Beaumont v. Greathead, 3 D. & L. 636, 1846.
“There arenâ€™t many honest men or women in Washington anymore. Politicians get where they are by the sheer force of their egos, not their convictions. And you know what? Itâ€™s our fault as voters. We donâ€™t demand better candidates, so we end up getting what we deserveâ€”on both sides of the aisle.”

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