"A doctrine is something that pins you down to a given mode of conduct and dozens of situations which you cannot foresee, which is a great mistake in principle. When the word 'containment' was used in my 'X' article, it was used with relation to a certain situation then prevailing, and as a response to it."

-- George F. Kennan

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“I've always loved to sing with somewhat vague lyrics so people can have their own interpretation and find their own meaning with it. I've become a bit more comfortable speaking about personal matters within the lyrics, but at the same time, there is an element where I'm not always sure how far I want to take it. There are certain topics that I'm discussing that I haven't explicitly explained to my bandmates. That's just for me to know, and I'm not going to talk about it anywhere.”

Source : "How Grizzly Bear created their most accessible album to date". Interview with Robin Pecknold, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 24, 2017.
“Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.”
“Fear and creativity don't mix well.”
“Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.”
“Unless saved by exceptional talent, he necessarily pays a price for clarity.”

Source : "Academic Discourse: Linguistic Misunderstanding and Professorial Power".
“There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.”
“Dancing makes people feel good whether they're doing it or watching it. It's something I think everybody can relate to whether it's just a simple two-step or a B-boy watching another B-boy go crazy in a circle. It makes you smile and without you even knowing it and it makes you rock to the beat as well.”
“Modern children were considerably less innocent than parents and the larger society supposed, and postmodern children are less competent than their parents and the society as a whole would like to believe. . . . The perception of childhood competence has shifted much of the responsibility for child protection and security from parents and society to children themselves.”

Source : David Elkind (2009). “Ties That Stress: The New Family Imbalance”, p.119, Harvard University Press

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