"For the sake of humanity it is devoutly to be wished that the manly employment of agriculture and the humanizing benefits of commerce would supersede the waste of war and the rage of conquest; and the swords might be turned into ploughshares, the spears into pruning-hooks, and as the Scripture expresses it, "the nations learn war no more."

-- George Washington

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“Actually, power is like money; neither good nor bad. Its negative or positive spin depends upon how we use it.”

Source : Pat Heim, Tammy Hughes, Susan K. Golant (2015). “Hardball for Women: Winning at the Game of Business: Third Edition”, p.118, Penguin
“I'm really good with fighting with my feet.”
“I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit.”
“Golf is the only sport that a professional can enjoy playing with his friends.”
“Whether it is considered from the viewpoint of its effect on society, or as one of the expressions of the human spirit, creativity stands out as an activity to be studied, cherished, and cultivated.”

Source : Silvano Arieti (1976). “Creativity: The Magic Synthesis”, Basic Books (AZ)
“The dancer of the future will be one whose body & soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of the soul will have become the movement of the body.”

Source : Isadora Duncan (1909). “The Dance”
“I think I am slowly becoming an anarchist, that this is only another label for my privateness, and I think that you will understand this in the sense of being against collectivity.”
“I just really like writing and making television shows. There are ego rewards in doing battle with other television programs in prime time in the main season. I suppose there are times when I might look at that and think that's the major league. But when you look at it, ultimately would I really want to gamble my livelihood and my ability to connect with my fan base or write a show that I really like writing, or in some cases direct a show that I really like directing, for the sake of winning an ego battle? It's totally not worth it. That stuff is so ephemeral.”

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