#ill

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

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Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god. ↗

— Beilby Porteus

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One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. ↗

— Beilby Porteus

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I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My conscience is clear. ↗

— Pol Pot

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A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel. ↗

— Chaim Potok

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If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed. ↗

— Colin Powell

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I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions. ↗

— Enoch Powell

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The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail. ↗

— John Wesley Powell

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No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end. ↗

— Lawrence Clark Powell

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I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick. ↗

— Robert Powell

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