"We have no honorable intentions in Vietnam. Our minimal expectation is to occupy it as an American colony and maintain social stability for our investments. This tells why American helicopters are being used against guerrillas in Colombia and Peru. Increasingly the role our nation has taken is the role of those who refuse to give up the privileges and pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investment."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

#Giving Up Quotes #Taken Quotes #America Quotes

“Make fair agreements and stick to them”
“Waban-aki: People from where the sun rises.”

Source : "Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises". Documentary, 2006.
“We need Â– more urgently than architectural utopias, ingenious traffic disposal systems, or ecological programmes Â– to comprehend the nature of citizenship, to make serious imaginative assessment of that special relationship between the self and the city; its unique plasticity, its privacy and freedom.”
“The world is solely occupied by a questioner and a philosopher.”
“You okay?" "Fine." "Your heart's beating really fast." "Gee, thanks. That's very comforting that you can hear it." He smiled, and it was the old Michael, the one she'd first met before all the vamp stuff. "Yeah, I know it is. Sorry. Just stay behind me if there's trouble." "You sound like Shane." "Well, he did say he'd kill me if I got you hurt. I'm just looking after my own neck." "Liar.”
“It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal.”

Source : Clive Bell (1958). “Art”, Perigee
“There is little evidence that other animals judge the appropriateness of actions that do not directly affect themselves.”
“My parents have always been very respectful of me so Iâ€™ve always been really respectful of them. My worst fear is to let them down so thatâ€™s why I donâ€™t misbehave.”

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