"Women more than men can strip war of its glamour and its out-of-date heroisms and patriotisms, and see it as a demon of destruction and hideous wrong."

-- Lillian Wald

#War Quotes #Women Quotes #Heroism Quotes

“The general rule is that my life is focused on the present, and very little on the past. If anything, I'm a little bit more focused toward the future.”
“We can't control what other people do and how they treat us, but we can control our response to them.”
“Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you.”
“Confidence! Confidence! Confidence! That is your capital.”

Source : John Wanamaker (1923). “Maxims of Life and Business”
“America’s one of the finest countries anyone ever stole.”
“There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.”
“Find out what schismogenesis means. Schismogenesis is anthropology. It says relationships between people are not stable. They are either moving up or moving down. The same is true for brands. You need to understand where you are.”
“The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.”

Source : Ben Elton (2008). “Stark: Satirical Thriller”, p.34, Random House

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