"The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe form of punishment because it is so final. The human life is ended and the executed person is deprived of the opportunity to change, to restore the harm done or compensate for it."

-- Dalai Lama

#Revenge Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Punishment Quotes

“I would have nobody to control me; I would be absolute: and who but I? Now, he that is absolute can do what he likes; he that can do what he likes can take his pleasure; he that can take his pleasure can be content; and he that can be content has no more to desire. So the matter 's over; and come what will come, I am satisfied.”
“It's ok to care about what other people think, but you should give a little more weight to what you, yourself, think...The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength. You're stronger than you believe.”
“We will strive to make Taiwan a better place and enable our people to live better lives.”
“I cannot take every case that people ask me to take.”
“Well, because the Arabs who were involved in 9/11 cooperated with the Zionists, actually. It was a cooperation. They gave them the perfect excuse to denounce all Arabs. It's a racist sort of thing, really racist - you know, picking out these 19 or 20 terrorists - they were terrorists - and saying all the Arabs are like them.”

Source : "Former U.S. Sen. James Abourezk on Hizbullah TV: The Arabs Involved in 9/11 Were Cooperating with the Zionists; People in America Don't Really Look at it That Deeply; They Accept What the Government and the Press Are Saying". "Al-Manar TV" Interview, www.memri.org. August 30, 2007.
“There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women.”
“changing horses doesn't mean the ride'll get any better!”

Source : Eric Jerome Dickey (2002). “Liar's Game”, p.195, Penguin
“We live in a time where women should feel empowered; they have every right. I've always been attracted to women who show [that they can do anything].”

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