"We live in a time of terror, and contrary to what we see on television and allow ourselves to believe, the real goal of terror is not to kill people but to kill thought; to so demoralize a society that it implodes from within."

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Source : "Questions for John Lahr". www.newyorker.com. January 23, 2009.

John Lahr

#Real Quotes #Believe Quotes #People Quotes

“Instead of focusing on the amount of money lacking in your budget, focus on what you DO have: a willing spirit, an imagination filled with bright ideas, people who care about you and can perhaps help you in some way. These are the things that will enable you to do almost anything.”
“The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.”
“All you need to know about Arafat was that he insisted on wearing a pistol when he addressed the UN General Assembly. And all you need to know about the UN, I suppose, is that they let him.”
“One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep.”
“Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.”

Source : FaceBook post by Brandon Mull from Feb 21, 2013
“As people do a task, they improve at it.”
“I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service.”
“Not one amongst the doctors, as you'll see For his own friends desires to prescribe.”

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