"If this government is like the last one, then Iraq will break apart."

-- Saleh al-Mutlaq

#Iraq Quotes #Government Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.”
“The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.”
“A false sense of security is the only kind there is.”

Source : "Your Own Damn Life". Interview with John Malkin, www.thesunmagazine.org. November 2011.
“Certain voices hold this odd pull on our heartstrings. They are like sad oboes or something, something that makes you want to throw all your money at the radio while yelling, "I love you." I don't know what it is.”
“Only a great fool or a great genius is likely to flout all social grace with impunity, and neither one, doing so, makes the most comfortable companion.”

Source : Amy Vanderbilt, Letitia Baldrige (1978). “The Amy Vanderbilt complete book of etiquette: a guide to contemporary living”, Doubleday Books
“Few actions of consequence in the world have been accomplished without passion.”
“It is absolutely vital to preserve a space where the mind, by means of poetic thinking, can move in a free, even anarchic, way. It must do so, in order to find deep truths that would not be otherwise available, ones that we desperately need. Anyone who writes poetry knows what I'm talking about, because they've had the experience of thinking this way.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Most people can't bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays. How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity?”

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