"Wars usually have the effect of speeding up the process of history."

-- Pieter Geyl

#War Quotes #Process Quotes #Speeding Quotes

“No matter what, people don't think of me for glamorous parts. I'll go to an audition or a meeting in a pretty dress, and they still think of me as depressed or embattled. Hopefully, that will change.”
“Anarchism and anthropology go well together because anthropologists know that a society without a state is possible because so many exist.”
“No pressure. Just relax and watch it happen.”
“It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.”
“In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.”

Source : "China's Unpeaceful Rise". Current History, Volume 105, 2006.
“No one fails alone and no one succeeds alone.”
“The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.”
“Looks to me, Vince, like you hit a hole in one.”

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