Quote by Jean Genet
We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fo

We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card-game in which an opponent — or they themselves — was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible. – Jean Genet

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The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. – Jean Genet

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There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter. – Jean Genet

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Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. – Jean Genet

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Gentleman-rankers out on the spree, damned from here to Eternity. – Rudyard Kipling

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Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways? – William Shakespeare

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He that seeks trouble never misses. – English Proverb

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Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They dont know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy. – Anthony Burgess

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Im getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow. – Christina Ricci

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Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they cant articulate. – Mos Def

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All religions, all this singing, one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. The sun’s light looks a little different on this wall than it does on that wall, and a lot different on this other one, but it’s still one light. – Rumi

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Anyone who really studies Catholicism deeply is aware of the mystical nature of our faith. Even references to Christs mystical body has connections to that principle. – Dennis Kucinich

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