"Those with the least always lose the most in war."

-- Joe Abercrombie

“Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective of nationality, color, or religion;.... leave the matter of religious teaching to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contribution. Keep church and state forever separate.”
“The life of a working model in L.A. kind of sucks.”

Source : "Analeigh Tipton" by Alison S. Cohn, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 23, 2011.
“None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.”
“To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.”

Source : John A. Spaulding, George Simpson, Emile Durkheim (2010). “Suicide”, p.248, Simon and Schuster
“Reality is complicated. There is no justification for all of the hasty conclusions.”
“Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people.”
“'m so fortunate to have done what I love to do for so long, but the day I retired was one of the best days of my life. Not because I was happy to get away from the sport, but because it was clear in my mind that I had done all I possibly could, and that it was time to go.”
“When you have kids, I think it makes them feel safer and be in a space to grow more and recognize patterns when routines exist.”

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