"There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to dieâ€”that takes courage enough in itself, and more than enough. We are all brave men and we are all afraid, and what the world calls a brave man, he too is brave and afraid like the all rest of us. Only he is brave for five minutes longer."

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Source : ALISTAIR MACLEAN (1956). “THE GUNS OF NAVARONE”

Alistair Maclean

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“After the war people said, 'If you can plan for war, why can't you plan for peace?' When I was 17, I had a letter from the government saying, 'Dear Mr. Benn, will you turn up when you're 17 1/2? We'll give you free food, free clothes, free training, free accommodation, and two shillings, ten pence a day to just kill Germans.' People said, well, if you can have full employment to kill people, why in God's name couldn't you have full employment and good schools, good hospitals, good houses?”
“...my way of photographing is my way of life. I photograph from my experience, my way of seeing things...”
“Conflicts are fueled by the tendency of the powerful to exploit the power and the anger and frustration of the powerless, which turns into violence. International Solidarity Movement activists are attempting to confront the exploitation of power and to bring back hope to the powerless.”
“Many young girls are constantly consumed by controlling and managing their body image to the extent that they are much more involved in the production of the self than in living.”
“One side thinks the president'Â€Â™s request for war-making powers is too brazen and even reckless. The other side thinks it is too spineless and probably ineffectual. 'It does not seem to have resonated with anyone,' said Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine and a member of the Intelligence Committee. 'I haven't found any colleague who'Â€Â™s been enthusiastic about it.'”
“I demand a lot of myself. I want to learn. I can't sit back. I like a challenge, so I create a lot of challenges for myself.”
“Those who have suffered are best able to help those who are suffering.”
“When a person really loves you, you can feel it. I'm not talking about the way YOU feel nor the way he/she feels towards you but the way he/she treats you. From their actions, you can feel their love.”

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