"Life is not worth living for which a man is not prepared to die at any moment."

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Source : Whittaker Chambers (2014). “Witness”, p.700, Regnery Publishing

Whittaker Chambers

#Men Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Prepared Quotes

“The broad rich acres of our agricultural plains have been long preserved by nature to become her untrammeled gift to a people civilized and free, upon which should rest in well-distributed ownership the numerous homes of enlightened, equal and fraternal citizens... Nor should our vast tracts of land be yielded up to the monopoly of corporations or grasping individuals, as appears to be much the tendency under the existing statute.”
“In many cases, the authorities can't really prove if the person is in danger or not, because they can't send a person to Afghanistan to investigate each and every case.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I'm an outsider. I will always be an outsider.”

Source : "R. Crumb, The Art of Comics No. 1". Interview with Ted Widmer, www.theparisreview.org. 2010.
“So we see that even when Fortuna spins us downward, the wheel sometimes halts for a moment and we find ourselves in a good, small cycle within a larger bad cycle. The universe, of course, is based upon the principle of the circle within the circle. At the moment, I am in an inner circle. Of course, smaller circles within this circle are also possible.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2007). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.76, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their "personal style" was their "brand." ("It" starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team. Sorry to be politically insensitive, but who would give a hoot about Tibet if it weren't for the look and style of the Dalai Lama?) Boss at any level: You're either on the "it" boat-or not.”
“When you love someone, you care about them. If they have a disaster, you don't abandon them.”
“Sometimes people think that if you're always helping people up and never hit someone with a hard foul, you're automatically a good sport. I don't believe that.”
“It is good to live in a country where all are immigrants ... the newcomer is simply the latest arrival.”

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