"As an organized political group, the Communists have done nothing to damage our society a fraction as much as what their enemies have done in the name of defending us against subversion."

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Source : Murray Kempton (1972). “America comes of middle age: columns, 1950-1962”

Murray Kempton

#Names Quotes #Political Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.”
“Whether you're rich or poor, life's still cold-blooded.”

Source : FaceBook post by Rick James from Mar 24, 2014
“Your processes are amazingly fast, yet flexible, and the people at Screaming Circuits, from finance to the factory floor, are all knowledgeable and a joy to work with.”
“Small changes can magnifiy. The possibility of interpersonal communication has increased substantially with contemporary technology. But as compared with the major changes, which were long ago, these are not huge.”
“Once when I looked up, I happened to see a sea eagle poised on magesterial wings above the knurled summit of the mountain behind my tent. It was a scene of peerless tranquility, tossed out in Nautre's devil-may-care way, which says: Just open your eyes, my friend, and I'll astonish you every minute of your life.”

Source : Lawrence Millman, Paul Theroux (2000). “Last Places: A Journey in the North”, p.147, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The nobility which exists within any cause is to be found not in any achievement, but instead within the struggle.”
“If I did things for the money, I'd have done adverts in the 1980s, when I was hot enough to be offered them, and 'Police Academy 6,' which I was asked to write.”
“The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started.”

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2002.

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