"It would repel me less to be a hangman than a soldier, because the one is obliged to put to death only criminals sentenced by the law, but the other kills honest men who like himself bathe in innocent blood at the bidding of some superior."

-- George Santayana

#War Quotes #Men Quotes #Blood Quotes

“Odd how clear it suddenly became, once a person had died, that the body was the very least of him.”

Source : Anne Tyler (1991). “Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels”, Outlet
“I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.”
“Nowadays shots are created in post-production, on computers. It's not really photography.”

Source : "Photographer Mary Ellen Mark's best shot". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2009.
“Allah is my witness. I will not be silent. I will never surrender.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 9, 2015
“You know, I hate to borrow Apple's tag, but think different. Really. From the very beginning. I didn't know what the fast-food rules were. I got my training at the Culinary Institute Of America, and then I opened up a fast food place according to fine dining rules.”
“I want to interact with my fans, and I want to let people know what I'm doing and stuff like that because I'd want to know.”
“When we open to love, we become love.”
“The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard.”

Source : "Money And Class In America: Notes And Observations On Our Civil Religion" by Lewis H. Lapham, (Chapter 6, The Precarious Eden, p. 151), 1989.

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