"Torture injures everyone who comes into contact with it and corrodes the country that abides it."

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Source : "The People v. The Torture Team: Six Questions for Law & Order’s René Balcer" by Scott Horton, harpers.org. October 5, 2009.

Rene Balcer

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“Trading gives you an incredibly intense feeling of what life is all about.”
“But we think as people and countries, not as a species.”
“[On John Tunnard:] One day a marvelous man in a highly elaborate tweed coat walked into the gallery. He looked a little like Groucho Marx. He was as animated as a jazz-band leader, which he turned out to be. He showed us his gouaches, which were as musical as Kandinsky's, as delicate as Klee's, and as gay as MirÃ³'s.”

Source : Peggy Guggenheim (2016). “Out of This Century: The Informal Memoirs of Peggy Guggenheim”, p.164, Ravenio Books
“Surfing and music were incredible outlets for me when I was a kid. And there are some really tricky times when you're growing up and it's easy to make a wrong decision, even with a good family and community around you. Surfing and music kept me out of trouble.”
“However, no human being - and certainly no man - has the right to define for me what my understanding of God is.”
“It is true [the risk for travel is greater] for we now operate in a global market. Business travelers are conducting business all over the world as if they are conducting business in their own backyards.”

Source : "Risky business: Do I stay or go?" by Nick Easen, www.cnn.com. August 7, 2003.
“No gun is perfectly true. So the marksman, that he may hit the bull's-eye, points elsewhere.”
“Sir, this lane is for ten items or less. Iâ€™m counting thirteen items in your cart, including that hemorrhoid cream. And while hemorrhoids might give you a reason to be nasty, they donâ€™t give you a reason to be in this lane.”

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