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God didn't play games. He wasn't a co-conspirator. God either hit you hard and fast, and that was that, or he sat back and watched things spool out, laughing all the way out.
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Well-liked... a dangerous quality in a leader.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Freedom is a terrible burden, much too heavy for the weak man to bear.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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It's the small sins that save you. That's how you survive when all around you are getting their heads sawed off.
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survive
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I don't try to be perfect. It's the perfect ones that attract suspicion.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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A death sentence was a death sentence, no matter how carefully it was worded.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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A beast barely able to restrain itself carried a risk to its master.
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master
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A weak man's always in a hurry to punish somebody, so he can show how tough he is.
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weak
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Without loyalty all the training in the world is useless. Worse than useless.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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It hurts to be lost. You go native because it's better to be wrong than to be lost.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Reunification's a fine idea, as long as you get rid of all the people that go to sleep at night praying that God strikes the other side dead,
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reunification
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People need symbols, something greater than their own lives.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Government isn't about religion or signs or symbols... It's about power and control.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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You might be the smartest person in the world, but the second-smartest person will just need a little more time to do it.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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We're all going to hell anyway, why not enjoy the ride?
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hell
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A falling star was a failed star, a cinder burning in the atmosphere.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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One thing I've learned in a very long life, Mr. Crews, is that there's never enough.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Religion was all about getting dumbasses to line up and sign up, making people pay today for heaven tomorrow.
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religion
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You don't correct a president. You merely compliment them on their wisdom in seeking your counsel.
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wisdom
president
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Love your children while they are young. Because they grow up soon enough, and then... then the have no need of you.
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love
need
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Man had to hang on to his pride.
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pride
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You have all the time in the world when you know what you are doing.
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world
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Pray for victory, plan for disaster.
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victory
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Because Rakkim knew the seduction of hiding in plain sight. The singular pleasure of blending into the background, of setting the table in the house of the enemy and watching him eat dinner.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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People in a hurry get noticed.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Murder is a sin. It's a sin in Judaism, it's a sin in Christianity, it's a sin in Islam and every other... - I'll decide what's a sin.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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We fool ourselves. The best of us... the best and the brightest, we're easiest to fool.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Thinking of it, and doing it... they're not the same.
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thinking
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Takes a while for a person to decide what they like best. Some folks never do decide. Always changing their mind, back and forth.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Man goes looking for trouble, trouble's got a habit of following the scent right back to him.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Whatever works, that's my philosophy. I don't care if it's magic beans or a prayer cloth dipped in the Jordan River.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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I've seen what rational thought leads to. Dumbest people I ever met were intellectuals.
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rational
thought
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Great risks could be undertaken only after great preparation.
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risk
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Robert Ferrigno |
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You rely on your speed too much. A young man's vanity. An old man learns to absorb pain and wait for an opportunity.
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vanity
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I'm married to the future.
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married
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Ignorance is fertile ground.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Most wars start with a lie, good wars, bad wars, they start with a lie, and the peace that comes afterwards, those promises of forgiveness and cooperation and fair play for all... those are lies too, lies wrapped in hope.
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war
lie
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The surprise was worse that the pain. It showed a lack of awareness.
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pain
surprise
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Robert Ferrigno |
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Studying history is for tourists - polite, tidy people with clean desks and clean consciences. Making history is for people willing to get their hands dirty, to make mistake and lie when necessary, so that someday historians can sit quietly at their desks and act shocked.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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I'm waiting for God to give me a clue. It's a good thing I'm patient.
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patient
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Robert Ferrigno |
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The hardest bit of information to extract is the first piece.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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If one's enemies know where you are, no matter how well protected you are, you can be gotten.
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Robert Ferrigno |
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A strong man tied to a weak man... When there is trouble, the strong man's strength counts for nothing.
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weak
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Robert Ferrigno |
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No one in their right mind would attempt to salvage it, but there were plenty of people not in their right mind. The world was full of them, more produced every minute.
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