"I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!"

-- Beatrix Potter

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“Throughout history civilian populations and political rulers have talked of peace. We have never been free of war. The soldier, whose profession is war, understands that peace must be enforced by superior military might. The certainty of defeat is the only effective deterrent we can use to maintain peace. Furthermore, we can be strong without being aggressive.”
“People give up control because they don't want to make mistakes.”
“What each one honors before all else, what before all things he admires and loves, this for him is God.”
“Everybody has to look at his or her own footprint and do the best they can. It's not about being perfect, it's about doing something. If we're looking for perfection, we'll never, ever get there.”

Source : "A Conversation with Laurie David". Interview with Dorinda Elliot, www.cntraveler.com. November 19, 2007.
“I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things.”

Source : "Behind the scenes" by Geraldine Bedell, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2004.
“I think good art, if I could be pretentious enough to say, I think good art deals with the micro to explain the macro.”
“I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.”
“Scientific innovations continually provide us with new means of analyzing the finds.”

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