Samob Jstwo Samuraja Quotes & Sayings

Virtue is necessary to a republic. — Baron De Montesquieu

Giovanni smiled his humble, grateful smile and told me in as many ways as he could find how wonderful it was to have me there, how I stood, with my love and my ingenuity, between him and the dark. Each day he invited me to witness how he had changed, how love had changed him, how he worked and sang and cherished me. I was in a terrible confusion. Sometimes I thought, but this is your life. Stop fighting it. Stop fighting. Or I thought, but I am happy, And he loves me. I am safe. Sometimes, when he was not near me, I thought, I will never let him touch me again. Then, when he touched me, I thought it doesn't matter, it is only the body, it will soon be over. When it was over I lay in the dark and listen to his breathing and dreamed of the touch of hands, of Giovanni's hands, or anybody's hands, hands which would have the power to crash me and make me whole again. — James Baldwin

If Scripture were to describe the downfall of an empire in the style adopted by political historians, the common people would not be stirred. — Baruch Spinoza

As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly. — Lesley Garrett

When it's time to pull and tuck, I'm sure I will consider it. — Britney Spears

A positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude. — Napoleon Hill

[ ... ] but dreams on paper are never as good as the real thing. — Geoff Johns

I think the greatest imagination we can exercise is one that imagines how someone else feels. Because you know how you feel, but so often we attribute our own feelings on to someone else. — Larry Gelbart