"Goering was a contradictory [and] complex ... character."

-- Richard Overy

#Character Quotes #Goering Quotes #Contradictory Quotes

“There's no point dating a guy who can't support a family.”
“Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.”
“The single most important duty of the federal government is to protect and defend our national sovereignty. There are new and disturbing reports of American nuclear submarines passing though Canadian waters without obtaining the permission of, or even notifying, the Canadian government.”
“Because of the wonderfully positive response to 'Life's That Way,' I am considering writing some more autobiographical stuff - maybe another book. I don't know. It doesn't help that I'm lazy.”
“If you are one of earthâ€™s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what happiness must send the warm tears to their eyes, each time they see their wondrous child go to the dancing! But one manâ€™s destiny is more than blestâ€”he who prevails, and takes you as his bride. Never have I laid eyes on equal beauty in man or woman. I am hushed indeed.”
“Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company.”

Source : "Ben Horowitz: There's a fine line between fear and courage". fortune.com. August 5, 2011.
“...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there.”

Source : Joshua Slocum (2009). “The Annotated Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.29, Sheridan House, Inc.
“Since the beginning of the Movement, lesbianism has been a kind of code word for female resistance.”

Source : Ti-Grace Atkinson (1974). “Amazon odyssey”

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