"Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly."

-- Ryszard Kapuscinski

#Easter Quotes #Support Quotes #West Quotes

“Training is useful but there is no substitute for experience.”

Source : "Fictional character: Rosa Klebb". "From Russia with Love", www.imdb.com. 1963.
“Whenever you think of Lincoln as a historian, in his own mind, he becomes the Great Emancipator. This is his role in history henceforth. He was an ambitious man who wanted to make an impact on history, and this is how he did it.”

Source : "Eric Foner on the Perennial Relevance of Abraham Lincoln". Interview with Aaron Leonard, historynewsnetwork.org. October 4, 2010.
“We favor putting Congress on a commission basis. Pay them for results. If they do a good job and the country prospers, they get 10% of the extra take.”
“The less you blame others the more you will succeed.”
“They adore you beacause they think you offer up your friendship and ask for nothing in return. But that's not true-' He took a deep breath. 'You do ask for something. You ask that we never expect you to need us.”
“The underground of the city is like what's underground in people. Beneath the surface, it's boiling with monsters.”
“I felt like if I could get the epiphany out of the way in my drafting process, through my eighth or tenth draft, then that can just be part of how I've assembled the character, and then we can move on and move forward with it. In general, I don't ever want to feel smarter than my characters, because I just feel like that's not a great way to write a story.”
“Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world.”

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