"The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems."

-- Robert D. Kaplan

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Important Quotes

“Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.”
“In the USA, it's harder for a black man with no criminal record to find a job than a white man with a criminal record, which is to say that race is actually a bigger factor than ex-felon status. But if you're both, it's almost impossible to find a job.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“When people are suicidal, their thinking is paralyzed, their options appear spare or nonexistent, their mood is despairing, and hopelessness permeates their entire mental domain. The future cannot be separated from the present, and the present is painful beyond solace. â€˜This is my last experiment,â€™ wrote a young chemist in his suicide note. â€˜If there is any eternal torment worse than mine Iâ€™ll have to be shown.”

Source : Kay Redfield Jamison (2011). “Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide”, p.93, Vintage
“Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to be unconcerned about a desired good is probably the only way to possess it.”
“The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?'”
“The worst thing to do is to die while reading LIFE magazine.”
“I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.”

Source : "Zoe Lister-Jones Talks LOLA VERSUS, Her Ambitions to Direct and Write a Novel, and Her Next Film MOTHERFUCKER". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. June 7, 2012.
“The better world we want is coming. It's just waiting for us to stop at nothing.”

Source : "Click go the tears for warlord Joseph Kony's victims" by Andrew Bolt, www.dailytelegraph.com.au. March 11, 2012.

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