"War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence."

-- Helen and Scott Nearing

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“Right now what's in my mind is going up there and being disciplined. I was swinging at so many pitches out of the strike zone, and when you do that, you're not going to get a chance to hit strikes. It makes it easier for the pitcher every time I do that.”
“If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and it won't take much longer, at the accomplishments of this Congress.”
“Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.”

Source : Agatha Christie (2000). “The Big Blue House Call”, Pocket Books
“Instinct is the direct connection with truth.”

Source : "The Quality You Need Most". "Green Book Magazine", April 1914.
“SEASONS PASSED, FALL AND WINTER and spring and summer. Leaves blew in through the open door of Lucius Clarkeâ€™s shop, and rain, and the green outrageous hopeful light of spring. People came and went, grandmothers and doll collectors and little girls with their mothers. Edward Tulane waited. The seasons turned into years. Edward Tulane waited. He repeated the old dollâ€™s words over and over until they wore a smooth groove of hope in his brain: Someone will come; someone will come for you.”
“Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.”

Source : "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. November 12, 2009.
“I love dressing for the winter - especially in baggy chunky cardigans.”
“When [wines] were good they pleased my sense, cheered my spirits, improved my moral and intellectual powers, besides enabling me to confer the same benefits on other people. (Notes on a Cellar Book)”

Source : George Saintsbury (2008). “Notes on a Cellar-Book”, p.30, Univ of California Press

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