"What you have in Iraq is not just a society coming apart like Yugoslavia or Congo. What is at stake is not just Iraq's stability but the balance of power in the region."

-- Vali Nasr

#Yugoslavia Quotes #Iraq Quotes #Balance Quotes

“I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality.”
“Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems.”
“If a thousand old beliefs were ruined in our march to truth we must still march on.”

Source : Stopford Augustus Brooke (1872). “Christ in modern life: sermons”, p.235
“We're living in a time when people are struggling to appear perfect.”

Source : "Q&A: Shirley Manson and Butch Vig of Garbage Talk About Their Comeback, and Why Manson was the Lana Del Rey of the 90s". Interview with Marc Spitz, www.vanityfair.com. March 22, 2012.
“My research has shown me that when emotions are expressed-which is to say that the biochemicals that are the substrate of emotion are flowing freely-all systems are united and made whole. When emotions are repressed, denied, not allowed to be whatever they may be, our network pathways get blocked, stopping the flow of the vital feel-good, unifying chemicals that run both our biology and our behavior.”

Source : Candace Pert (2012). “Molecules Of Emotion: Why You Feel The Way You Feel”, p.241, Simon and Schuster
“Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.”
“Did not manage to convince the French people that we were going in the right direction.”

Source : "French prime minister concedes". www.cnn.com. June 1, 1997.
“I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com

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