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“All people make mistakes. All of us are sinners. All of us are criminals. All of us violate the law at some point in our lives. In fact, if the worst thing you have ever done is speed ten miles over the speed limit on the freeway, you have put yourself and others at more risk of harm than someone smoking marijuana in the privacy of his or her living room. Yet there are people in the United States serving life sentences for first-time drug offenses, something virtually unheard of anywhere else in the world.”

Source: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

“But the plain fact of the matter is that, for any person to successfully lead others, he or she must deal with reality and be ready to accept the fact that leadership , at times, can bring out the worst in us. And understanding, as well as coming to grips with the darker side of your personality, is key to dealing with real-life situations.”

Wells Persons Real Matter Facts Reality Motivational Understanding Sides Deals Situation Accepting Worst Ready Keys Personality Real Life Darker Side

Author:Donald T. Phillips

“One of the symptoms of having a broken-heart is the fact that even ghosts will give up on the hope of scaring you as you have already lived through your worst fear.”

Giving Heart Facts Worst Broken Giving Up Ghost Symptoms Worst Fear

Author:Faraaz Kazi

“I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.”

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Book:The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)

“God, a born extremist, is the diplomat's worst enemy. Quite apart from the fact that His decrees are irrevocable, the Absolute will not allow anyone to relativize matters.”

Matter Facts Born Enemy Worst Absolutes Extremist Decree Worst Enemy Diplomats Irrevocable

Author:Regis Debray

“To call out for the hand of the enemy is a rather extreme measure, yet a better one, I think, than to remain in continual fever over an accident that has no remedy. But since all the precautions that a man can take are full of uneasiness and uncertainty, it is better to prepare with fine assurance for the worst that can happen, and derive some consolation from the fact that we are not sure that it will happen.”

Thinking Men Facts Hands Happens Enemy Worst Fine Extremes Accidents Uncertainty Not Sure Remedy Consolation Assurance Fever Precaution Uneasiness

Book:Complete Essays

Source: Complete Essays

“The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn’t your gender, it’s you. Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.”

Important Facts Opportunity Challenges Risk Worst Succeed Gender Factors Assignments Take Control

Author:Angela Braly

“Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn't been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered.”

“The fact that ACPI was designed by a group of monkeys high on LSD, and is some of the worst designs in the industry obviously makes running it at any point pretty damn ugly.”

Facts Running Groups Worst Design Industry Ugly Damn Monkeys Lsd

Author:Linus Torvalds

“[Gays and lesbians should be] Punished, in fact, killed. The people involved should be killed in the worst, most severe way of killing.”

People Way Should Facts Worst Involved Gay Killing Severe

Author:Ali al-Sistani

“In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.”

Made Facts Running Used Worst Picks Worst Movie Cannonballs

Author:Gene Siskel