"Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war."

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Source : Allan Massie (2010). “A Question Of Loyalties”, p.30, Canongate Books

Allan Massie

#War Quotes #Men Quotes #Soldier Quotes

“Nanoengineering is learning how to make devices as small as 10 to 100 atoms in width. Much of the work is going on in the electronics industry, where there is great demand to pack more components onto computer chips.”
“I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all!”
“The study of law can be disappointing at times, a matter of applying narrow rules and arcane procedure to an uncooperative reality; a sort of glorified accounting that serves to regulate the affairs of those who have power--and that all too often seeks to explain, to those who do not, the ultimate wisdom and justness of their condition. But that's not all the law is. The law is also memory; the law also records a long-running conversation, a nation arguing with its conscience.”
“We have to show the world that not all of us are like him. Otherwise, this will always be Hitler's Germany.”
“I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“we seem determined to give human qualities to objects and content to treat each other as things.”
“I donâ€™t think itâ€™s that controversial. Iâ€™m really in favor of legalizing marijuana. I thought people would be more offended by [this series] than they are. Iâ€™m surprised they werenâ€™t.”
“The main reason for healing is love.”

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