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I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild and raw and all this.

Quote by Lester Bangs

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.

Quote by Joseph Addison about hunger

Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.

Quote by George W. Bush about rightness, fear, justice, americans, hope, war, world

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the...

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about violence, truth

The labour is indeed constant, but not in general so violent as either to exhaust the strength by over-straining, or to excite any weakening degree of discharge by perspiration.

Quote by William Falconer

Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the...

Normally I am not so violent. Everything comes from the question: Where will I die? It is a strong concern.

Quote by Mick Jagger about worry, question

Alarm clocks can make the most passive of us fall into a...

Alarm clocks can make the most passive of us fall into a violent rage.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about fall

A good plan violently executed now is better than a...

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Quote by George S. Patton about violence, perfection, good, good luck

The French government is simply fleeing from...

The French government is simply fleeing from responsibility. It is declining to grapple with the violent activity.

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen about activity

It is the consistent position of the Chinese Government to oppose and condemn international terrorism of all descriptions, and oppose fulfilling political or other agendas through international terrorist means and violent terrorist activities by...

Quote by Li Peng about country

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about love, infinite, heart

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about opinion, character, knowledge

I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent...

I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.

Quote by Georges Bataille about truth, face

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.

Quote by Daniel Defoe about justice, eyes, man

Angel of snow There are flakes that do not want to fall anymore From the air similar with a huge mesh of azure Because of the cold I have an eye of snow I call you with the other eye as a snow falling around And it is like it would snow...

Quote by Costel Zăgan about poetry, smile, air, fall, eyes, order, music, fire, fire brigade, heart

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