"Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated."

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Karl Kraus

#Chess Quotes #Diplomacy Quotes

“I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage.”
“I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.”
“True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.”
“I've always believed in making films that you make the little decisions with your head, but you make the big decisions with your heart.”
“There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn't be any taboos in bed.”
“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.”

Source : "Quote, Unquote". Book by Lloyd Cory, p. 197, 1977.
“The main points were: one, the amount of Israel's nuclear weapons, how many Israel had, that no one could predict or know, including the CIA. They were thinking about a number like 10 or 15. But I came out with a number between 150 to 200.”

Source : "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.counterpunch.org. August 18, 2004.
“If you act like the river, you ultimately flow past all the rocks along the way.”

Source : "How to Break All The Rules and Get Everything You Want" by James Altucher, jamesaltucher.com.

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