"My father had been in the military and he was a weapons specialist, so he had an affinity for weapons but also for the discipline of it. He taught us how to shoot when we were young. He opened up karate schools in the worst parts of the city, on purpose, and then he would systematically clean out a three-block radius, all of the gang-bangers and drug dealers and everybody of nefarious character."

-- Lupe Fiasco

#Father Quotes #Block Quotes #Military Quotes

“Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.”
“Creative power is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired form.”
“We stand a professional distance apart, as if I canâ€™t feel his pain screaming in my head. Mine amplifies his; they share a joint soundâ€”that of glass breakingâ€”until they swell to a crescendo that deafens.”

Source : Ann Aguirre (2011). “Aftermath”, p.51, Penguin
“Only one thing can stop Luis Suarez from being voted as the Players' Player of the Year... his fellow players”

Source : "3pm's football funnies: Why Cockney Reds are right on track for the Manchester derby" by Steve Anglesey, www.mirror.co.uk. March 17, 2013.
“The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.”
“The style of studied nonchalance is the psychological triumph of grace over order.”

Source : "True Style: The History and Principles of Classic Menswear". Book by G. Bruce Boyer, September 08, 2015.
“People sometimes are so confident in their flawed beliefs that they get stuck - fixated - and as a result are blinded to insights that are right in front of them.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law”

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