"Like it or not, war is not always the answer. The better part of wisdom is to stay out."

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Kevin Drum

#War Quotes #Answers Quotes

“It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.”
“There's a world of troubleTrying to take its turn I can hear it shaking undergroundAnd half a dozen lessons I might never learn Not until them troubles come around.”

Source : Song: Only One And Only, Album: Revival
“I live on the beautiful Northern California coast. I have always loved hiking, whale watching and being outdoors.”
“Perhaps one central reason for loving dogs is that they take us away from this obsession with ourselves. When our thoughts start to go in circles, and we seem unable to break away, wondering what horrible event the future holds for us, the dog opens a window into the delight of the moment.”

Source : Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (1998). “Dogs Never Lie about Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs”, Broadway Books
“Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions.”

Source : Jane Smiley (2010). “Duplicate Keys”, p.290, Anchor
“In a revolutionary age talk of equality may well have represented a passion to provide full human dignity to those who had previously been denied it by systems of political and economic domination; but in the present age it softens the spiritual requirements that are an essential ingredient in human dignity. Thus the slogans of equality serve not so much to elevate individuals to the dignity of being human as to free them from the responsibility of rising to this vocation.”

Source : Merold Westphal (2010). “Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason and Society”, p.49, Penn State Press
“I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure good discipline and a reformed Ofsted.”

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