"The Cold War was really the great struggle of the 20th Century and it shaped American political life from top to bottom."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Jeff Sharlet

#War Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Political Quotes

“A flaw is really beauty owned by nobody else. I think everyone is beautiful.”
“Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy, which is what we have in America today. One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. But when it is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages.”
“Television won't last. It's a flash in the pan.”
“Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.”
“In the long run, not doing what's necessary to do the thing you're afraid will hurt you, hurts infinitely worse than doing it.”
“Some find that very optimistic people have benign illusions about themselves. These people may think they have more control, or more skill, than they actually do. Others have found that optimistic people have a good handle on reality. The jury is still out.”
“The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees, to create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.”
“At one point in my 20s, I was about to quit acting. I'd had a crappy couple of years and I was depressed. My mom said, 'Don't give up! You'll be so mad at yourself.'”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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