"A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying."

-- Boris Yeltsin

#Issues Quotes #Action Quotes #Killing Quotes

“You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.”
“Our society values alert, problem-solving consciousness, and it devalues all other states of consciousness. Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today. Of course we accept drunkenness. We allow people some brief respite from the material grind. A society that subscribes to that model is a society that is going to condemn the states of consciousness that have nothing to do with the alert problem-solving mentality.”
“Macau is democratic and free enough.. it's prosperous enough. Why do people need to do this?.”
“And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals.”
“To describe Russian politics as "managed democracy" - and that's sometimes hard for outsiders to understand, because a lot of the forms of democracy exist in Russia, so there are elections; there is a press; there is a campaign, and so on. But the outcome of the campaign is never in doubt. So the campaign is manipulated. There is a real opposition in Russia. There are one or two real opposition figures who do want to change the political system, but they will probably not be allowed to run, and one way or another they will be prevented from being on the ballot.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com
“Forty-seven years -- and I find I mind it less and less.”

Source : Louise Andrews Kent (1953). “"...with Kitchen Privileges."”
“Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.”
“I enjoy making music alone, and I like keeping my options open for how I release my own songs.”

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