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I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I've come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge; then revenge and revenge and revenge will never come to an end...


Ishmael Beah

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The foolish says I am going to revenge,for I want to pay back coin for coin,but the wise will say,I ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and for...
MADONNA You speak good words, child, but sometimes what lies within is much darker. The line between justice...
AMIRA ALY You do not know me for sure, yet you feel yourself better than me.
But if you ever deliberately...
TOBA BETA If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE No more tears now; I will think upon revenge.
MARY STUART No more tears now; I will think about revenge.
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS I am Jack's smirking revenge.
EDWARD NORTON If you don’t take care of the disenfranchised and outcasts of your city, they will come knocking o...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Success is the best revenge and Murder is the worst revenge.
MARK BROUGHTON The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploi...
MARYA MANNES The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in explo...
MARYA MANNES The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploi...
MARYA MANNES I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN It's perfect to play again against them because we want to take revenge. It will be a tough game.
JOE POLO The Revenge and the Vengeance makes you to go forward and forward to do your work... This which was ...
DEYTH BANGER [He maintained that his motivation was not anger but justice.] I am someone who seeks justice, not r...
SIMON WIESENTHAL Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.
BOBBY SANDS I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take ...
GAVRILO PRINCIP Another old saying is that revenge is a dish best served cold. But it feels best served piping hot, ...
MINDY KALING I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of th...
LANA PARRILLA Revenge is the concern of those who are at some point or other beaten. I am not beaten, I told mysel...
ANNE RICE Come, the croaking raven doth bellow for revenge.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If I charge, follow me. If I retreat, kill me. If I die, revenge me.
U.S. MARINE CORPS Follow me if I advance! Kill me if I retreat! Revenge me if I die!
NGO DINH DIEM I love revenge.
LAURA SCHLESSINGER All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never ...
JOHN MILTON It's not a matter of punishment or revenge, but closure. We'd like to put an end to this, and learn ...
KARTHI VADIVELU Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".
ALEXANDRE DUMAS A man need never revenge himself, the body of his enemy will be brought to his own door
CHINESE PROVERBS It's perfect to play against Canada, because we want to take revenge.
JOE POLO Of course that will be on our minds but when you start a match thinking that you're going to take re...
GUY FORGET While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that com...
DAN ARIELY If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Perish the Universe, provided I have my revenge.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC A man once told me that there are infinite places love will take you, but revenge is the business of...
TARA BROWN, A.E WATSON Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him wi...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER It will be fun to be back in Milwaukee. But the first game is kind of your revenge. Getting the win ...
GEORGE KARL We just talked about going out there and playing. It will be nice to get revenge for the girls, but ...
DEAUNDRE MUHAMMAD It was a little bit of revenge, I guess. (State) will be a totally new experience. It somewhat boost...
JAYSON SWANSON The enemy should prepare the coffins for their soldiers and settlers because the revenge will be swi...
ISLAMIC JIHAD Never underestimate the power of revenge.
MITTA XININDLU [I]t is not revenge we want for poor people, but happiness; indeed, what revenge can be taken for al...
WILLIAM MORRIS Revenge is never the answer
KASIE WEST I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.
DAVID PROWSE The best revenge is the time. Time takes it's revenge all the time.
ARZUM UZUN We want revenge. We'll do anything to win.
TAMEKA HEARN Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from withi...
SANDRA CISNEROS The point of revenge is not in the completion but in the process.
PARK CHAN-WOOK Seeking revenge is like reaching out for your own personal turmoil, it's never worth it. Righteousne...
RON BARATONO first you find out the truth. then you take revenge.
DAVID LAGERCRANTZ Revenge was the best card I knew how to use
DEICY ZULEICA GONZALEZ I readily admit that I'm not, and have never been, big on forgiving.
That doesn't mean I will ...
KAREN E. QUINONES MILLER There are murder victims' family members who go through this process thinking they'll feel peace onc...
TERRI STEINBERG The noblest revenge is to forgive.
THOMAS FULLER You have to be careful, folks, not to let revenge creep into your deliberations. There's no place fo...
TIM MOORE My real fear is that there will be revenge acts. That has happened in the past. That could be very b...
DEWI ANWAR My real fear is that there will be revenge acts. That has happened in the past. That could be very b...
DEWI FORTUNA ANWAR Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of reve...
NICK WECHSLER To come in their place and get a victory, hey, man, revenge is sweet. All scores are settled.
AARON ROUSE I knew revenge like the ghost of an old friend." ~ #1001
PIPPA DACOSTA It is encouraging some terrorists to take personal revenge on the commission members by threatening ...
ABDUL HENDAWI It is encouraging some terrorists to take personal revenge on the commission members by threatening ...
ABDUL HUSSEIN HENDAWI It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
UNKNOWN To forgive is to revenge,but in a positive way.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Innocence in Humanity is lost without Justice to heal along the way, to take revenge will only make ...
JEFFREY LEE GIBSON JR. I think today is sweet revenge.
GOVERNOR GENERAL We were fortunate to win. We didn't talk about avenge or revenge. We just talked about playing well.
LEN BONE Toughest [lineup] I've faced. Hopefully, if it comes down to the playoffs, I can get my revenge.
MARK BUEHRLE Revenge itself may indeed be the best revenge, but slaying one's enemy does not give back what they ...
EMILIE AUTUMN The BEST revenge is to be fabulous.
ANGELA T. JONES I can't let my mother's death have been in vain. Democracy is the best revenge, and we will ...
BILAWAL BHUTTO ZARDARI Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
LORD BYRON GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON Sweet is revenge - especially to women.
LORD BYRON It's a chance to get revenge.
JUSTIN FRANCIS The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.
EDDIE VEDDER I hope she may come back at some point to wreak her revenge on those who have crossed her in the pas...
PATSY KENSIT By this leek, I will most horribly revenge: I eat and eat, I swear. -King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE That he will haunt the footsteps of his enemy after death is the one revenge which a dying man can p...
MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult.
JUDGE HALL They will have the revenge factor going for them so we know we're going to have to bring our A game ...
CRYSTAL LANGHORNE I was winning with seven seconds left. I wanted to get my revenge on him.
MATT HEMRY We have a little bit of revenge that we want. It's going to be a tough game. I think everybody's loo...
JULIE FUTCH Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is t...
EPICTETUS It is not a deterrent. It is in a very real sense a revenge by society. ... Revenge is not a proper ...
PAUL SIMON Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.
ELIZABETH FRY Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.
EURIPIDES I was determined to get revenge. If it wasn't going to be at the Warrior, it had to be at state.
KOREY KOSTUR To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
MARCUS AURELIUS To forget a wrong is the best revenge
PROVERB Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
WALTER SCOTT Justice is revenge.
SAAD HARIRI Revenge is profitable.
EDWARD GIBBON Revenge doesn't stop.
DANIEL CRAIG Revenge is sweet and not fattening.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK Revenge is sweet and not fattening
ALFRED HITCHCOCK 'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When you understand what love is you will understand that mercy and forgiveness feels better than an...
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