"[Written in 1901:] Nothing has been so deplorable for countries as centralization. I am afraid when I see Germany grow so powerful, and centralizing in Berlin; it is the beginning of the end!"

-- Elisabeth of Wied

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“It is not possible to starve an organised terrorist group because it is number one a state, so it levies taxation inside the territory that is controlled by Islamic State. But also the activity, for example the smuggling of oil, is taking place in an area which is a war zone. So of course people will buy that oil because they don't have any alternative. So even if we wanted to stop that kind of trade, it will be very, very difficult to do that.”
“Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs. That means they require more education that a high-school diploma, but less than a four-year degree.”
“Tis not her coldness, father, That chills my labouring breast; It's that confounded cucumber I've ate and can't digest.”

Source : Richard Harris Barham (1847). “The Ingoldsby Legends Or Mirth and Marvels”, p.357
“Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interest of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass of the people, from whence he was taken, where he must participate in their burdens.”
“I think the most moving part of my trip [to Africa] so far was seeing 92-year-old Nelson Mandela, and just thinking about his life. This man has lived through a struggle that few nations have known.”
“To me, pictures are like blintzes - ya gotta get 'em while they're hot.”
“Every woman's innate ability to let anything go.”
“People like you are the reason People like me need medication.”

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