"Do you know who Karl Marx is? He is this strange little man, long dead, who lived his narrow little life, and somehow managed by the power of his wayward brain to lay hold upon millions of human lives!"

-- Anchee Min

#Men Quotes #Long Quotes #Brain Quotes

“There can be no truly moral choice unless that choice is made in freedom; similarly, there can be no really firmly grounded and consistent defense of freedom unless that defense is rooted in moral principle. In concentrating on the ends of choice, the conservative, by neglecting the conditions of choice, loses that very morality of conduct with which he is so concerned. And the libertarian, by concentrating only on the means, or conditions, of choice and ignoring the ends, throws away an essential moral defense of his own position.”
“If you persevere, stick with it, wok at it, you have a real opportunity to achieve. If you do your best and keep a true compass, you'll get there.”
“I don't believe anyone really likes paint, unless he's tempted to eat it.”
“Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair.”
“I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.”

Source : "Feller Proud to Serve in 'Time of Need'", www.nytimes.com. December 16, 2010.
“I'm fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans.”
“Anna [Nicole Smith] was very firm that the Bahamas was her home, it's where she wanted to raise Dannielynn and she wanted Daniel to be near her.”
“And I say, the meaning of life is what you make it. There will be as many different meaningful lives as there are people to live them.”

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