"Once you decide to gut a fish, there’s no use waiting till it rots."

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“If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

“It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.”

“The pike does not ask the frog’s permission before dining.”

“The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.”

“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”

“Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.”

Resonant Thoughts

"I'm going to usher in this entire new culture of the youth, obsessed with the future."

— Tom DeLonge

Science1975

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"Dave would punch or slap people in the face repeatedly when they delivered bad news, or when people talked back with anything other than what he wanted to hear. I would say over a period of five years…"

— David Miscavige

Religion1960

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"Acheson "never for one moment believed that the holding of office was a source of power – it was an obligation of service."

— Dean Acheson

Politics1893–1971

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"She had an immense store of trivial memories and when she wasn't living in the future she was living in the past. As for the present – she got through that as quickly as she could, running away from t…"

— Graham Greene

Literature1904–1991

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