"But to fight something, you really have to try to understand its motivationsâ€”particularly when the something youâ€™re fighting holds most of the cards, the deck is stacked against you, and the whole gambling hall is on fire and filled with thugs."

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Source : Greg Bear (2011). “Hull Zero Three”, p.89, Hachette UK

Greg Bear

#Motivation Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Thug Quotes

“When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.”
“To lovers and dreamers and anyone who hasnâ€™t truly experienced either.”
“And y'all scared I can tell That I'mma get Bucks like Milwaukee, cause like Sam, I ca' sell.”

Source : "Song: Put Your Hands Up (Album: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye)". 2001.
“An apparent confusion, if lived with long enough, may become orderly . . . A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day's unity”

Source : Charles Ives, Stephen Drury (2012). “Piano sonata no. 2: "Concord" : with the Essays before a sonata”, p.20, Courier Corporation
“I have never wanted to go abroad before but you can never say never in football.”
“Which is more improbable - that the trillions of solar systems in the known universe exploded from something smaller than a pinhead or that there is an invisible, omniscient moral intelligence present everywhere that has the highest tolerance for cruelty?”
“It's important to stop and realize what we have, why we have it and how privileged we are. And from that place, start caring and get a lot done.”

Source : "CIA probes ISIS claim Jordanian airstrikes killed US aid worker", www.foxnews.com. February 7, 2015.
“Directing is genderless. The only thing...I love men.”

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