35 quotes found
“My name Quan. Quan Nguyen. This Kim-Ly, wife. We next door. Do nails. We with Mr. Blaylock. He fight, we fight. We come here from Viet Nam. This good country, but sometimes, good people in good cou...”
“Now, its time for me to lock up and go. Listen to me. Lock up an empty building thats gonna be torn down. Makes no sense. Like an old man tellin a lie to his son from his death bed. Whats the point...”
“I wonder how long it takes for these people we elect to forget who they work for?”
“What kind of country has this become? Decent people cant do anything without being watched.”
“The world bein’ so small ain’t always a good thing for those of us who ain’t searchin’ for new and different stuff.”
“One of the worst things I’ve learned about getting older is that there seems to be more change that you don’t like than there was when you were younger and you can’t do nothin’ about it.”
“Does the plain, simple beauty of life get buried under society’s so-called required daily activities or is that just true of me? No, I know I’m not alone in that feeling. We all get caught up in th...”
“Just make sure the day doesn’t pass without sayin’ what’s in your heart. Sometimes you pass up those chances and they’re gone forever.”
“It’s a funny thing, one day you’re living and the next day you’re not sometimes, whether you have plans or not. Wishes and wants get trumped by the reaper every time. I don’t even know if I would w...”
“It’s as close to true freedom as I have come. Not freedom of, but freedom from; freedom from the debris of life that piles up and forces us to dig and dig for our original self, who we were once up...”
“I don’t know how a reporter would ever understand a politician. Your job is supposed to be about finding the truth and enlightening people. Right? A politician’s job is about hiding the truth and f...”
“How do we keep convincing young people to die in fights they didn’t start for reasons we’re too devious to tell the truth about? It’s way too easy for governments to spend other people’s blood. May...”
“As I have aged, I’ve been lucky never to reach old. Old is always at least five or ten years beyond my current calendar stage.”
“Now, it’s time for me to lock up and go. Listen to me. Lock up an empty building that’s gonna be torn down. Makes no sense. Like an old man tellin’ a lie to his son from his death bed. What’s the p...”
“What kind of country has this become? Decent people can’t do anything without being watched.”
