"I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter."
"My dad used to tell me, 'Check the price, son.' Check the price, kids, check the price because there is a price to be paid for whatever you do in life, whether it is good or it is bad. Before you do something, ask yourself is it worth the price you have to pay?"
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Source: Larry Kramer (1990). “Reports from the Holocaust: Making of an AIDS Activist”
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