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“As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going?”
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“Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.”
Source : Zedong Mao (2007). “On Practice and Contradiction”, Verso Books
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“First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential.”
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“I think when I close my eyes what I think is 4,500 days or so, 4,250 I guess days, was long enough to give Iraq to come into compliance with the international order. And I think to myself how many Iraqi citizens died under the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein during those 4,200 odd days, and I think to myself how many more citizens of how many nations, the United States, Israel, or any other neighbor would die if Saddam Hussein went unchecked, though I am just grieved by the sacrifice of our brave men and women, but I think ultimately the greater good is served.”
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“I did not care for Wagner. My tastes are more classical. Der Fuhrer had no musical taste and liked Wagner because of the bombastic Teutonic glories.”
Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
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“A thunder-storm!—the eloquence of heaven, When every cloud is from its slumber riven, Who hath not paused beneath its hollow groan, And felt Omnipotence around him thrown? With what a gloom the ush’ring scene appears! The leaves all shiv’ring with instinctive fears, The waters curling with a fellow dread, A veiling fervour round creation spread, And, last, the heavy rain’s reluctant shower, With big drops patt’ring on the tree and bower, While wizard shapes the bowing sky deform,— All mark the coming of the thunder-storm!”
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“I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.”
Source : Interview with Chris Neumer, www.stumpedmagazine.com.
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“Awareness is the key to everything. I think it's important to be aware of how you feel. How do you feel after you exercise? How do you feel after you eat something? I try to be mindful of the food I'm putting in my body, the products I use, and what I put in or on my body.”