"I think in Baghdad, any westerner, journalist or not, has a big dollar sign on his or her forehead. So, first and foremost, you are a ticket to unimaginable wealth. And that makes any trips out of the safe zones very risky."

-- Yaroslav Trofimov

#Thinking Quotes #Baghdad Quotes #Dollars Quotes

“Why are you constantly escorting me places?â€ I say. â€œIsnâ€™t there a depraved activity youâ€™re supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying on girls while they change, or something?”
“Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.”
“True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.”
“I've been called a "baby killer" and I've been told I should die and that I'm ruining women's lives. Those accusations hurt for sure - and I pause when such labels are applied to me - but because they come from people I don't necessarily respect, I have an easier time moving beyond them.”
“Haters are confused admirers who canâ€™t understand why everybody else likes you”
“I generally don't like living in a world where being what a man is, is a horrible thing; and no matter what a woman is, is a wonderful thing.”
“Thus, while I quaff the genial wine, I live mid transports quite divine.”

Source : Anacreon, John Broderick Roche (1827). “The First Twenty-eight Odes of Anacreon: In Greek and in English and in Both Languages, in Prose as Well as in Verse : with Variorum Notes, a Grammatical Analysis and a Lexicon”, p.193
“People looked to Kurt Cobain because his songs captured what they felt before they knew they felt it.”

Source : Anthony DeCurtis (1998). “Rocking my life away: writing about music and other matters”, Duke University Press Books

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