"If America cannot win a war in a week, it begins negotiating with itself."

-- William Safire

#War Quotes #Winning Quotes #America Quotes

“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.”
“The seven Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss-Poor Performance”

Source : John Lanchester (2012). “Capital”, p.308, Faber & Faber
“We are deceived by the appearance of right.”
“I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.”
“A library is where ideas sleep between covers, waiting for you to discover them.”
“When you first have a baby your life doesn't change. I mean, you have a little less sleep and you drag these cuddly things around you and it's just amazing. But you still get to be you. Once they get to, like, five, six and school and it starts to get, like, 'Wow, they got real problems. They're my responsibility.' Oh my God. That is overwhelming.”
“The sale begins when the customer says yes.”
“I source images and ideas from different parts of my experiences, and sometimes they are things that are made-up, or just appear out of nowhere, like out of a dream or an image that I've seen in a book, or even the title of a book that I'm staring at on a shelf. It's a good way to write songs, just stare at a bookshelf!”

Source : "Angus and Julia Stone Synch Up". Interview with Olivia Fleming, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 31, 2014.

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