"I do think John Kerry has tried awfully hard to work with Russia and others to have a lasting, significant cease-fire."

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David Corn

#Thinking Quotes #Significant Quotes #John Kerry Quotes

“I worked for Microsoft until 1996, till I had a different angle to view life. I wanted to be an entrepreneur and control my own destiny.”
“I haven't had a date in 26 years.”
“The U.N. is asking Italy to oversee this effort. And if a government is formed, you're likely to see up to 5,000 Italian troops maybe go in to provide security and also train a Libyan army.”
“People can be committed to a mental institution only after judicial hearing, but people are committed to schools beyond the reach of Habeas Corpus.”

Source : Martin Mayer (1963). “Where, When, and why: Social Studies in American Schools”, New York : Harper & Row
“In the past, kong-an (koan) practicing meant checking someone's enlightenment. Now we use kong-ans to make our lives correct. . . . You must use kong-ans to take away your opinions. When you take away your opinions, your mind is clear like space, which means from moment to moment you can reflect any situation and respond correctly and meticulously.”
“As you know, Bergson pointed out that there is no such thing as disorder but rather two sorts of order, geometric and living.”
“You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?”
“My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things as we went together along the country by-ways.”

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