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“Junkies nowadays are really disgusting. In my day, being a drug dealer was a respectable fuckin' profession. Nowadays, it's something you really feel ashamed to be associated with, the way most junkies behave.”
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“I have been writing mainly on history and politics, and the choice was in some ways obvious for, like most of my contemporaries, I was at the mercy of political forces that we could not possibly influence and the question why this was the case constantly obtruded itself.”
― Best of Times, Worst of Times
― Best of Times, Worst of Times
“Without the cold and gloom of winter,
there'd be no warmth or light in spring.
Hard times have forged and tempered you,
turning your spirit into steel.”
― Reflections From Captivity: Phan Boi Chau's Prison Notes/Ho Chi Minh's Prison Diary
there'd be no warmth or light in spring.
Hard times have forged and tempered you,
turning your spirit into steel.”
― Reflections From Captivity: Phan Boi Chau's Prison Notes/Ho Chi Minh's Prison Diary
“Getting a new band is painful. I don't like pain; I never did.”
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“The road of modern culture leads from humanitarianism via nationalism to bestiality. (trans. Harry Zohn)”
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