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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of...

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, crime, criminals, force, law, state, death, man

It was a little scary because a similar thing had happened with Fountain City, the failed novel, all sorts of disparate themes running together; in that book I trusted my instincts but it didn't work. I couldn't get it to hang together.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city, work, things

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about honesty, public, end

When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts -...

When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble.

Quote by Angelina Jolie about opinion

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests...

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Quote by Oprah Winfrey about wisdom

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, ...

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

Quote by Paul David Hewson about music, rocks, celebrity, chance, change, world

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