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“Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more the political process in Iraq progresses.”
Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“In all the good Greek of Plato I lack my roastbeef and potato. A better man was Aristotle, Pulling steady on the bottle.”
Source : John Crowe Ransom (1978). “Selected Poems”
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“In the book, I tell the story of seeing old movies when I was young and acting out scenes at home. Now I get scripts, and I act them out.”
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“The pleasure isn't in doing the thing, the pleasure is in planning it.”
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“Honour may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.”
Source : "Fictional character: Mitsunari Ishida". Video Game "Samurai Warriors", 2004.
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“Now, I actually have to a degree, a responsibility to ensure that it doesn't happen again.' I felt pride. When you're up there [in the noose] it does give you pause but I'm no stranger to degradation and dehumanization. I felt a lot of pride to be a part of showing something like this because a lot of people don't know and haven't been exposed to these types of historical experiences until they see it depicted on our show [Underground].”
Source : Source: lasentinel.net
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“Perhaps it's true you can't go back in time, but you can return to the scene of a love, of a crime, of happiness, and of a fateful decision; the places are what remain, are what you can possess, are what is immortal.”
Source : Eric Weiner (2014). “The Geography of Bliss”, p.144, Random House
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“The best is the enemy of the good.”