"Despite the war, and bombings, and all the big things that happen to us, the stuff of our lives is small and always will be. During a war it is different, but even then, it is perfectly possible to write novels during a major war, which are about those thing which endure. It is what makes us human and the thing which is going to keep going."

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Source : Source: www.compulsivereader.com

Robert Dessaix

#War Quotes #Writing Quotes #Different Quotes

“Taxation is not a method by which the community corporately provides itself with essential services, but a fund to be divided between different interests with political claims upon the state.”
“The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want.”

Source : "I would have loved to be PM" by John Harris, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2008.
“Desert Storm II would be in a walk in the park... The case for 'regime change' boils down to the huge benefits and modest costs of liberating Iraq.”
“Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“While I've said that there are plenty of things I dislike about the South, I can be clear that there are things I love about the South.”
“Whatever God has done for other men, He can do for me.”
“The problem with voting is that because your individual vote makes very little difference, you're voting with a mass of others, you have very little incentive to take care in carefully considering what your vote would mean.”

Source : Source: www.cbc.ca
“In looking for my mind, I discovered that it seems to be in many different places. Sometimes it is drinking a glass of water, remembering swimming in the summer, feeling the breeze. In this contemplation I observed that the self is more elusive than I thought.”

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