"The thing about the heart was that you could not coax it or force it, as you could any other disease. Will power meant nothing."

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Source : Michael Shaara (2013). “The Killer Angels”, p.82, Birlinn

Michael Shaara

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“A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.”

Source : "Actor-director Michael Rapaport". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 7, 2011.
“When you cut a half-a-trillion dollars from the defense budget, it affects almost every area in the defense budget.”
“I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard.”
“We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them.”
“Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.”
“Becoming rich isn't as much about getting rich financially as about whom you become, in character and mind, to get rich. I want to share a secret with you that few people know: the fastest way to get rich and stay rich is to work on developing you! The idea is to grow yourself into a successful person. Again, your outer world is merely a reflection of your inner world. You are the root; your results are the fruits.”
“More blood! More blood!”
“If you want to succeed in the world must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.”

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