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“What is central to business is the joy of creating.”

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Peter Robinson is a renowned crime writer known for his intricate psychological portrayals and gripping plots. Born on March 17, 1950, he has published numerous critically acclaimed crime novels since his debut in 1987. more

“Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid war on the other side of the world-or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public property-or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons-or locked up in the Cook County Jail with a broken nose and no phone access and twelve perverts wanting to stomp your ass in the shower. That is when it matters who is President or Governor or Police Chief. That is when you will wish you had voted.”

Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness

“Which is not really a hell of a lot to ask, Lord, because the final incredible truth is that I am not guilty. All I did was take your gibberish seriously... and you see where it got me? My primitive Christian instincts have made me a criminal.”

Made Christian Asks Lord Hell Truth Is Instinct Finals Incredibles Criminals Guilty Primitive Not Guilty

Book:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

Source: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

“There is not much mental distance between a feeling of having been screwed and the ethic of total retaliation, or at least the kind of random revenge that comes with outraging the public decency.”

Kind Feelings Ethics Distance Revenge Decency Retaliation Gonzo Hells Angels

Book:Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

Source: Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

“You can fight a porcupine and win, but if other folks get a look at you they may think it's a bad idea to mess with porcupines.”

Ifs Thinking Looks May Ideas Fighting Winning Folks Mess Bad Ideas Porcupines

Author:Neal Knox

“You should wake up every day looking for the trouble you can get into.”

Should Trouble Wake Up

Author:Lawton Chiles

“All fanaticism is repressed doubt.”

Doubt Fanaticism Repressed

Author:Carl Jung

“If anything can be done, it can be overdone is my point of view.”

Ifs Done Views Point Of View

Author:Winston Smith

“While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of 'difficult' poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and there's room for 'difficult' poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry won't be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice.”

Should Choices Culture Difficult Rooms Should Have Rap Dumb

Author:Andrew Motion

“I'm not sure who's right, who's wrong, but it doesn't matter. Sometimes you just have to do what you're told. That's who we are!”

Sometimes Matter Not Sure Who We Are

Author:Eric Stoltz

“Maybe General Groves was right. Maybe we should just banish thinking forever.”

Thinking Should Forever Grove

Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer

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