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Civilization ceases when we no longer respect and no longer put into their correct places the fundamental values, such as work, family and country such as the individual, honor and religion.


R. P. Lebret

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R. DRABEK Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest ...
R. TURNBULL We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May; yet the grass is green when the flower fades away.
R. SOUTHWELL The land too poor for any other crop, is best for raising men.
R. POCOCK When God created the first human beings, God led them around the garden of Eden and said: Look at my...
R. KOHELET Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach fill...
R. VENNING Destiny is for people who are too lazy to create alternate timelines.
R. STEVENS 'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's...
R. KELLY If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
R. KELLY In my community, mental health isn't taken seriously enough. Therapy is replaced by prayer. Tears ar...
FRIDA R. I've been blackmailed a billion times. I've been sued for ridiculous things. At one point in...
R. KELLY People can say whatever they want about you without knowing the facts. They can criticize you withou...
R. KELLY My mom actually had a band called Six Pack - even though there were seven of them - who went around ...
R. KELLY When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club - we hooped together in Chicago ...
R. KELLY They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me.
R. KELLY Day drinking with a broken heart
is like selling loose Cuban cigars like Newports,
tryna...
FRIDA R. The only good ideas are the ones I can take credit for.
R. STEVENS Don't get yourself arrested and make your day worse! If you need to vent, just smash something that'...
R. STEVENS Wasting sarcasm is a sin.
R. STEVENS Why is it OK to love without a reason, but anger requires justification?
R. STEVENS I'm NOT short. I prefer to think there is simply more space above my head for word balloons full of ...
R. STEVENS Ever heard Victoria's REAL secret? Too much support hurts.
R. STEVENS Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the pi...
R. KELLY I wouldn't mind dying - it's the business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me.
R. GEIS I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.
R. KELLY I believe the work of art should change the existing visual, intellectual and aesthetical sense and ...
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