"You think history is going to remember the United States as a great democracy? No, they're going to think of us as a nation that became addicted to war. They'll call us warlords."

-- Michael Moore

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.”
“Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.”

Source : "The Twinkling of an Eye: My Life as an Englishman". Book by Brian Aldiss, 1998.
“These things are happening in large measure because of us. We in this country burn 25 percent of the world's fossil fuel, create 25 percent of the world's carbon dioxide. It is us - it is the affluent lifestyles that we lead that overwhelmingly contribute to this problem. And to call it a problem is to understate what it really is. Which is a crime. Crime against the poorest and most marginalized people on this planet. We've never figured out, though God knows we've tried, a more effective way to destroy their lives.”
“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”

Source : Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor
“There was nothing ordinary about Hank Gathers. He was a walking thunderbolt.”
“Someone who doesn't know anything about the ways of the horse could be fooled into thinking the approach is all cosmic or mystical. It's not. Anybody can do it who has a passion to do it and has put in enough time. These people are horsemen and horsewomen, not whisperers.”
“Feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you.”

Source : Song: Unwritten, Album: Unwritten, 2004
“The 80/20 Principle, like the truth, can make you free. You can work less. At the same time, you can earn more and enjoy more. The only price is that you need to do some serious 80/20 thinking.”

Source : Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less”, p.137, Crown Business

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