If they ever heard the way that psycho really thinks… Scenic design, James Fitzsimmons. Costumes by Robert Hose. Unit manager, George K George. Sell that stuff about a man among men…to those morons out there? Shucks, I sell them chicken fertiliser as caviar. I can make them eat dog food and think it’s steak. Sure, I’ve got them like this. You know what the public’s like, a cage full of guinea pigs. Good night, you stupid idiots. Good night, you miserable slobs. They’re a lot of trained seals… I toss them a dead fish and they’ll flap their flippers. Let them listen, please! Marcia. Why, he’s a monster! –Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes

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A few months later his father asked Calabrese to join him for a coffee. They met at a lock-up garage used by the crew. “As I opened the door I realised, oh shit! He’s setting me up. He slams the door, turns and sticks a gun in my cheek. Then he says: ‘I would rather have you dead than disobey me.'” Calabrese started sobbing and begging for forgiveness. “Somehow I got out of that garage. As we got back in the truck, he started punching me and back-handing me in the face. My tears were rolling down and all I could think about was how I could never trust this man again. From that day on, I have never trusted anybody. Nobody.” – Ed Pilkington

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Start with a small step and don’t give up. Giang Dang

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. *Matthew 5:39

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• Matthew 5:39 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be. – Joseph Campbell –

Someone in a red hat sticks out in a crowd. Francis’ vision for the church reflects issues close to his heart: refugees, migrants, the poor; interreligious understanding and cooperation; reconciliation and peace building; evangelization; concern for the environment; concern for the poor and marginalized; reaching out to indigenous people; interreligious understanding, especially with Muslims. Almost all of them were made bishops or Vatican officials by Benedict or John Paul. New cardinals: The men are the message https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/signs-times/new-cardinals-men-are-message via @ncronline

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A burden shared is a sorrow halved. A joy shared is a joy doubled. – Anonymous –

Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything, Are your dreams crazy enough? — Colin Kaepernick

“I’ve got a lot of people that care about me. It’s going to disappoint them to hear that I did this. I would like to apologize to each and every one of them. Just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess. Never really knew it, until now.” — the man, Seattle-Tacoma

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Home is not where you live, but where they understand you. – Christian Morganstern –

Some people say the longest path we will ever walk is from our head to our heart. – Pancho Ramos Stierle –

“I do believe you have been hit by a bullshit grenade and are now bleedin’ FAKE NEWS.” — @BillyWRuddick Here’s the truth @SarahPalinUSA 🇺🇸 #MAGA #buildthewall #boycottsashacohen

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People have an inalienable right to roam the earth, unimpeded, in pursuit of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. – Me!

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Dear World, I am a sixty-three year old retired divorced guy raising a tween-age son. I graduated from college in 1976 with degrees in political science and English. Reading a comments section on an article in THE HILL this morning I ran into a person claiming to be a Democrat but accusing the party of being “liberal fascists,” etc, etc. Is that a thing? Have people lost all understanding of what terms actually mean? Leftist, right-winger, fascist, communist, liberal, conservative. Hitler/Fascist Mussolini/Fascist Churchill/Imperialist-Capitalist Cabot-Lodge/Republican Nixon/Republican FDR/Liberal Democracy JFK/Moderate-Democrat McGovern/Liberal Sanders/Democratic Socialist Mao & Stalin/Communist. What is “left?” what is “right?” today? The figures of speech are losing all meaning. Where does Attila the Hun fit in? My question for YOU is this: Is there a “spectrum” which shows who is who?what is what? Right? Centrist? or Left? In degrees? Can we chart where modern day groups fall, like colors in a rainbow, or on a spectrum which would accurately delineate the difference between who is LEFT? and who is RIGHT? Sincerely, John Keenan

“Breathing in the mist of the crop duster / gazing at the stars that have lost their luster / sieg heil to the in-God-we-trusters.” – Alex Chilton

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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha –

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The policing of black Americans is racial harassment funded by the state. – Paul Butler

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To put the Confederacy on a pedestal is an inaccurate recitation of our past, an affront to our present and a bad prescription for our future. – Mitch Landrieu –

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Where we are is our temple. – Jack Kornfield –

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Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. – Herman Hesse –

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Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. – Shel Silverstein –

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If the cause of poverty is marginalization, the cure is inclusion. – Richard John Neuhaus –

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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. – Maya Angelou –

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Mi equipo de pesca está en la cocina. Those of you who speak Spanish know what I’m saying. – Howard Stern –

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Peace is the only battle worth waging. – Albert Camus –

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There are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths. – Mark Nepo –

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Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. – Edgar Degas –

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But I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world. – MLK

 

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“I don’t believe anything, but I have many suspicions.” — Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007)

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Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. – Bryan Stevenson –

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In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. – Albert Camus –

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It’s never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot –

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Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens. – Carl Jung –

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De-clutter some outdated thoughts right now. – Thuy Nguyen –

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accept suffering as a normal, cohesive experience, then move on from it – Elizabeth Brico –

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commit to philosophical materialism: that a world exists beyond our senses; that it can be changed; and that human beings have agency.

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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. – Andre Maurois –

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Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

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Life is an adventure, it’s not a package tour. – Eckhart Tolle –

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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older – Larry McMurty –

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“I can handle things. I’m smart! Not like everybody says, like dumb. I’m smart and I want respect!” — Fredo —

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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women. — Leo Tolstoy —

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A lie told often enough becomes the truth. — V I Lenin —

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Identify all those things you do not do well. Stop doing those things. — The Most Interesting Man In The World —

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Increasingly I’m less interested in writing about fictional people, because it seems so tiresome to make up a fake person and put them through the paces of a fake story. I just — I can’t do it. — Sheila Heti —

There are no excuses, one can only do better, no one will settle for less

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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. – Abraham Lincoln –

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It just doesn’t matter. — Meatballs Motivational Speech — Bill Murray …

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“History repeats itself – first as tragedy, then as farce.” — Karl Marx —

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Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. – Howard Thurman –

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