"In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes #Independent Quotes

“A frog in a well does not know the great sea.”

Source : Chris Bradford (2010). “The Ring of Earth (Young Samurai, Book 4): The Ring of Earth”, p.58, Penguin UK
“If you're talking 100 years, there's no doubt in my mind that all jobs will be gone, including creative ones. And 100 years is not far in the future - some of our children will be alive in 100 years.”
“The law is a crude machine at best, and only spits out something approaching justice of its attendants are committed to justice. As lawyering has become less about doing right and more about doing what you can get away with, our standards of acceptable shenanigans-as-usual seem to be in a free fall.”
“I never thought a role model should be negative.”
“The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.”
“Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a place for a long time.”
“An interesting thing that I've learned is that "no" doesn't always really mean "no," it just simply means "not now."”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“People can be a fine substitute for other dogs. But I think that if they had to choose, dogs by and large would choose the company of other dogs.”

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