"Everybody here has a story. New Orleans was always a place where people talked too much even if they had nothing to say. Now everyone's got something to say."

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Source : Chris Rose (2015). “1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

Chris Rose

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“If you can run six miles on a summer day, then you, my friend, are a lethal weapon in the animal kingdom.”

Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.228, Profile Books
“Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride; the phlegmatic emerged from indolence; and the melancholy who has dismissed avarice, suspicion and asperity.”
“If you will take me for your wife, Walter, I will love you dearly. If you will let me go with you, Walter, I will go to the world's end without fear. I can give up nothing for you - I have nothing to resign, and no one to forsake; but all my love and life shall be devoted to you, and with my last breath I will breathe your name to God if I have sense and memory left.”
“Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It only kills the brain cells that contain good sense, shame, embarrassment, and restraint.”
“One cannot fail to observe a crushing irony: the gospel of relativistic tolerance is perhaps the most â€œevangelisticâ€ movement in Western culture at the moment, demanding assent and brooking no rivals.”
“Film is about what you are thinking. It's about what's inside.”
“The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go and free Europe from the war. And there was every color you could imagine, and I'd not seen that in England.”

Source : "Family Feud". TV Series, www.imdb.com. (1976 - 1985).
“There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out.”

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