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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 56cb920 | I would know you from the heart of the sun. I would know you even if I were mad. I will know you always, whatever form I wear. I swear it. | gay-romance love romance shapeshifter | Elizabeth A. Lynn | |
| 4af1d32 | I will take you home, his lord had said. Home. He held to that word, as a man holds to a rope in a raging sea. | hope redemption | Elizabeth A. Lynn | |
| 43a2ad7 | He was trying to get me to come inside and away from the scene, but I said, "No." I said, "We have to stay here and watch because this is wrong." | Anna Deavere Smith | ||
| 89576bb | You may think that Much-Afraid was altogether too much given to shedding tears, but remember that she had Sorrow for a companion and teacher. There is this to be added, that her tears were all in secret, for no one but her enemies knew about this strange journey on which she had set out. The heart knoweth its own sorrow and there are times when, like David, it is comforting to think that our tears are put in a bottle and not one of them for.. | Hannah Hurnard | ||
| cfc91da | You will be able to mount to the High Places swifter than eagles, for it is only up on the High Places of Love that anyone can receive the power to pour themselves down in an utter abandonment of self-giving. | Hannah Hurnard | ||
| fb7a6b4 | The least temptation thou hast met. He knows thy blemishes and how To purge away the dross, Not overlong will he allow The anguish of thy cross. Love is the Judge, and he doth see The surest way to perfect thee. Thou can'st not perish if thou wilt But turn thee to the light, Love bleeds with thee in all thy guilt And waits to set thee right. Love means to save sin's outcasts lost, And cares not at what awful cost. | Hannah Hurnard | ||
| 8ef2bc6 | The people of Minnesota value a politician who believes what he says and says what he believes and votes that way. | Al Franken | ||
| 3ebad61 | Having children is life's greatest joy. But there are some people, and maybe you are one of them, who don't like kids, and consider travel life's greatest joy. You shouldn't have kids. Don't have them. | Al Franken | ||
| cd8f78f | Politics is not just about power and money games, politics can be about the improvement of people's lives, about lessening human suffering in our world and bringing about more peace and more justice. -Paul Wellstone (Minnesota Senator, Al Franken predecessor) | improvement politics senate | Al Franken | |
| 4dc7e73 | When I was reaching out to those young men through Strachan's Corner, nobody told me what to do, I was doing it from my heart. I did what I thought was best rather than giving those youngsters a police record, I tried to prevent it by letting them know if you commit crime you are going to get yourself in trouble. Then you will be confined to the Bahamas for the rest of your life, and will not see that great big world out there. Supt. Allerd.. | caring-police-officers committing-crime community-policing crime-prevention criminal-record from-the-heart gang-intervention law-enforcement police-intervention police-outreach police-programs police-record rebellion-raiders the-bahamas youth-outreach | Drexel Deal | |
| 11be815 | Through all of those different wars, we came to understand each other. The Mason's fellas just wanted to chill in their area and be left alone. The Border Boys basically wanted the same thing. Stinky and Robert just wanted to be able to sell their drugs and make their money. But us, we were on a mission to take over the whole town. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand memb.. | aggression ambitious conflict-resolution conflicts drugs fighting gang-addiction gang-communities gang-intervention gang-life gang-members gang-wars mission money on-a-mission rebellion-raiders street-fights street-life take-over thug-life turf-wars understand understanding-each-other violence-addiction war | Drexel Deal | |
| 8fd5a26 | The year was 1996, and the date was July 5. It was a Friday night and I had just turned 21 two days prior, which, by the way, was a miracle unto itself. Due to the violent life I was living, this was a milestone and something worth celebrating. But on this beautiful summer evening, I was not in a celebratory mood. Rather, I was in a predatory mood and that was what I was doing: lying and waiting for my prey to arrive. | career-criminals casing-out gang-life out-laws predator prey stocking street-robberies violent-life watching | Drexel Deal | |
| 9926c7f | There is another dangerous component to armed robberies, one that I could never understand. I noticed some time ago that with each robbery I committed there was an intense out of control anger that gripped me. It was as if I was there to get something that was inherently mine, and I came to take it by force. I've heard many stories directly from individuals about how they just burst into stores with their guns drawn. They would be shouting .. | arm-robbers arm-robbery be-aware brutality cold-blooded dangerous inherently out-of-control provocation shouting staying-calm violent-crimes | Drexel Deal | |
| 2e7bfaa | I could understand why some fella's take drugs just before their crimes: because they need something to help them quiet their minds. However, I don't do drugs nor do I drink alcohol, but the thing that gets me high like a kite is a crime well done. Then there's the scent of freshly fired gunpowder, or the sounds of the empty bullet casings hitting the ground as they are ejected each time I pull the trigger. These two things never fail to ge.. | arm-robbery bullet-casings drive-by gang-life gangbanging gangsters hardcore-gangsters harden-criminals high-like-a-kite senseless-violence street-life thug-life violence-addiction | Drexel Deal | |
| 057f219 | Giving these lil' fellas a gun was important to keep the name of the Rebellions strong, because whenever the name drops, it's only a matter of time before someone kicks your door in. Scrooge, former leader of the Rebellion Raiders street gang that once boasted of having some ten thousand members | brand-name carrying-weapons community-policing forward-thinking gang-addiction gang-intervention gang-leaders gang-members gang-pride position-to-win protecting-your-name protection ready ready-for-action rebellion-raiders reliable reputation school-gangs strategy strong support trust turf-wars violence-addiction | Drexel Deal | |
| 51c1110 | When I first went to prison, I made the best out of it. From the streets, I was hearing reports of Rebellions going to prison and getting do in [beat up]. Our fellas had no say, couldn't even open up their mouths. When I went up there for the first time, I turned that prison into a place that everyone could say that the Rebellions were running it after that. I wouldn't say I did it alone, but I help set the groundwork to give the Rebellions.. | gang-life gangsters influence jail prison rebellion-raiders street-fame | Drexel Deal | |
| 547d243 | When a guy goes out there and kills somebody, he might look at himself as the winner. But in truth he's also a loser, because now he would be lost in the system. If you were listening to the news recently, some people you know well are doing 45, and 64 years for murder. They might have won their fight, but they lost their lives to the system. Franco 'Co' Bethel, former gang leader and right hand man to Scrooge. | convicted-for-murder fighting gang-fights gang-killings killings loser lost-in-the-system lost-to-the-system murder prison prison-life street-fights the-system thug-life | Drexel Deal | |
| 456bb5f | The good part about these areas that we were taking over, was that all of them had parks where a lot of guys were just hanging out playing basketball. So I used those parks to make a good first impression with my gun, then I followed up with a speech presentation. At the end of the day, we were able to win over the entire park, and eventually their community..... It was as if these fellas from different areas were just waiting for this, be.. | community-parks community-policing crime-prevention feeling-needed feeling-wanted first-impression gang-intervention gang-recruitment hand-gun hanging-out increase massive-growth play-ground police-outreach reaching-the-youth reaching-young-people rebellion-raiders speech-presentation taking-over-the-world youth-clubs youth-crusade youth-involvement youth-ministry youth-outreach | Drexel Deal | |
| 35566b9 | One of the things we haven't taught our people as a nation, that this is their country. We haven't told them that this Bahamas belongs to them. Whether it succeeds or fails it is entirely up to them. WE haven't told our people that they are valuable. I sometimes pass little boys playing in the road and I would stop my car and say to them: 'Excuse me baby, do you realize how valuable you are? Do not play in the road, if anything happen to yo.. | feeling-needed feeling-wanted love-of-country my-countrymen nation patriotism prime-minister self-esteem sense-of-pride the-bahamas valuable | Drexel Deal | |
| 062ff0e | Joining a gang is like sky diving without a parachute. Oh, at first it's all fun, as you take on gravity in a thrilling and exhilarating free fall towards earth. The truth is, anything that is risky and dangerous always starts out as fun. But the odds are always stacked in gravity's favor, for you will eventually come face to face with the earth, and mother earth always wins those battles. The same thing can be said about being in a gang. | at-risk-communities at-risk-youth church-youth-group community-policing consequence crime-prevention dangerous early-death end-result excitement exhilarating free-fall fun gang-intervention gang-involvement gang-members joining-a-gang joy-ride mother-earth parachute risk-taking risky-behaviors sky-diving street-life thrilling thug-life youngsters youth-clubs youth-programs | Drexel Deal | |
| c8d55b6 | The day you shot Scrooge, we had a nine stashed nearby. We knew that tension was building between us and you, and so we started to keep the nine nearby instead of the .380 pistol. So when you came up the road, after we finished beating that fella nobody bothered going for the nine, because it was only you one to all of us. But after you snatched that gun out of Geo's hand and fired those shots at us, I ran back to get the nine. We had it st.. | gang-fights gang-involve-shootings gang-members hand-guns internal-conflicts internal-war rebellion-raiders senseless-shootings street-life tension thug-life war-within | Drexel Deal | |
| c86119b | When my son Lowell was eight years old, one day he and I had just finished playing. Tired and exhausted, we were lying on the bed talking. He sat up in the bed and started to trace his finger over the scar behind my neck. He asked me with concern in his voice, 'Daddy, how you got this cut behind your neck?' I hesitated for a while, wondering how much I should tell him, or if I should even tell him at all. I decided to tell him some of it, .. | friends-fighting gang-life internal-fighting internal-warfare rebellion-raiders senseless-fights senseless-shootings street-life war-within | Drexel Deal | |
| 2d4c032 | When I snatched the gun out of his hand, it fired because the hammer was already pulled back. It made the thunderous sound that the .357 magnum is known for. Even though the sound itself was deafening, it was like beautiful music to my ears. Just a few short seconds ago, the odds were greatly stacked against me. Now the tides had turned. The odds were now stacked against them, and they knew it. When I turned around to face my pursuers, they.. | fight-for-life gang-life gang-members gun-shot internal-fighting internal-war retreat senseless-fights senseless-shootings street-life thug-life war-within | Drexel Deal | |
| ec8250b | This book consists not only of my stories of mistakes, rather it's all our stories of mistakes and heart aches. It's the plight of all of us who were rebelling, and kicking against the social messes we found ourselves in. Yet there are so many others who are not alive today, and I feel obligated in not allowing the lessons of their mistakes to lie in the grave with them. It was the United States Senator, Al Franken, who stated, "Mistakes a.. | anti-social-behaviors at-risk-youth bloodshed choices cold-blooded crime-prevention darkness deserted die-hard-gangsters fatherhood friendships generation-x harden-criminals inner-city life-lessons menacing mistakes monsters rebelling remorseless senseless-murders social-ills social-science under-ground-world | Drexel Deal | |
| fe4da35 | There's an old saying, 'Look not into the heart of the Ohmu.' They say if you do, you'll never come back... | Hayao Miyazaki | ||
| fe5fe23 | Lezen vrijwaart je van gekooide gedachten | Nausicaa Marbe | ||
| b82906d | despite one's inherent distrust of what one learned from Nazi sources, a steady diet over the years of falsifications and distortions made a certain impression on one's mind and often misled it. No one who has not lived for years in a totalitarian land can possibly conceive how difficult it is to escape the dread consequences of a regime's calculated and incessant propaganda. | William L. Shirer | ||
| 8b02750 | In his case, what had been hardness became cruelty, while a tendency to bluff became plain dishonesty. He often lied without hesitation and assumed that others lied to him. | William L. Shirer | ||
| 73b9ac5 | This of course was heresy to Hitler, who accused Otto Strasser of professing the cardinal sins of "democracy and liberalism." | William L. Shirer | ||
| cba7619 | Between the Left and the Right, Germany lacked a politically powerful middle class, which in other countries--in France, in England, in the United States--had proved to be the backbone of democracy. | William L. Shirer | ||
| 1f2fbae | The cardinal error of the Germans who opposed Nazism was their failure to unite against it. At the crest of their popular strength, in July 1932, the National Socialists had attained but 37 per cent of the vote. But the 63 per cent of the German people who expressed their opposition to Hitler were much too divided and shortsighted to combine against a common danger which they must have known would overwhelm them unless they united, however .. | William L. Shirer | ||
| be71490 | Nietzsche put the idea this way: "Man shall be trained for war and woman for the procreation of the warrior. All else is folly." He went further. In Thus Spake Zarathustra he exclaims: "Thou goest to woman? Do not forget thy whip!"--which" | William L. Shirer | ||
| 0631960 | Hitler's scholastic failure rankled in him in later life, when he heaped ridicule on the academic "gentry," their degrees and diplomas and their pedagogical airs. Even" | William L. Shirer | ||
| 5633085 | Had the eighty-four-year-old wandering miller not made his unexpected reappearance to recognize the paternity of his thirty-nine-year-old-son nearly thirty years after the death of the mother, Adolf Hitler would have been born Adolf Schicklgruber. There may not be much or anything in the name, but I have heard Germans speculate whether Hitler could have become the master of Germany had he been known to the world as Schicklgruber. | William L. Shirer | ||
| f0a7ea3 | Fascinating to watch the reactions of people suddenly seized by fear. Some can't take it. They let themselves go to a point of hysteria, then in panic flee to--God knows where. Most take it, with various degrees of courage and coolness. In the lobby tonight: the newspapermen milling around trying to get telephone calls through the one lone operator. Jews excitedly trying to book on the last plane or train. The wildest rumours coming in with.. | William L. Shirer | ||
| 8208af8 | The republican regime, as well as the Marxists and the Jews, was "the enemy." And in his peroration he had shouted, "To this struggle of ours there are only two possible issues: either the enemy passes over our bodies or we pass over theirs!" | William L. Shirer | ||
| 6149478 | In the Third Reich every German girl will find a husband! | William L. Shirer | ||
| 70e10e4 | In this period the Prime Minister had great confidence in the Fuehrer's word, remarking privately a day or two later, "In spite of the hardness and ruthlessness I thought I saw in his face, I got the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his word."46" | William L. Shirer | ||
| 798afa7 | To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had -- or would shortly assume -- the aura of a truly charismatic leader. They were to follow him blindly, as if he possessed a divine judgment, for the next twelve tempestuous years. | nazi-germany | William L. Shirer | |
| 66b95ae | Hitler had lost no time in exploiting the Reichstag fire to the limit. On the day following the fire, February 28, he prevailed on President Hindenburg to sign a decree "for the Protection of the People and the State" suspending the seven sections of the constitution which guaranteed individual and civil liberties. Described as a "defensive measure against Communist acts of violence endangering the state," the decree laid down that: Restric.. | William L. Shirer | ||
| 026eb51 | There was some ground for this appropriation of Nietzsche as one of the originators of the Nazi Weltanschauung. Had not the philosopher thundered against democracy and parliaments, preached the will to power, praised war and proclaimed the coming of the master race and the superman--and in the most telling aphorisms? | William L. Shirer | ||
| e83b5e9 | Society has never regarded virtue as anything else than as a means to strength, power and order. The State [is] unmorality organized... the will to war, to conquest and revenge... Society is not entitled to exist for its own sake but only as a substructure and scaffolding, by means of which a select race of beings may elevate themselves to their higher duties... There is no such thing as the right to live, the right to work, or the right to.. | William L. Shirer | ||
| c744262 | Struck by the ugliness of the German women on the streets and in restaurants and cafes. As a race they are certainly the least attractive in Europe. They have no ankles. They walk badly. They dress worse than English women used to. Off to Danzig tonight. | William L. Shirer | ||
| 2a70b64 | I love books. They connect you with the past and the present, with original minds and noble spirits, with what living has been and meant to others. They instruct, inspire, shake you up, make you laugh and weep, think and dream. But while they do enhance experience, they are not a substitute for it. | connect | William L. Shirer |