"I told my daughter that terrorists would love to attack Washington, but we, unlike the French, are an ocean away from Syria, that lots of smart people are working very hard to stop the terrorists, and that these terrorists are not very sophisticated."

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Source : "How to talk to your child about the Islamic State". www.washingtonpost.com. November 19, 2015.

Dana Milbank

#Daughter Quotes #Smart Quotes #Ocean Quotes

“It is not birth, marriage, or death, but gastrulation which is truly the most important time in your life.”

Source : "From Egg to Embryo: Determinative Events in Early Development". Book by J.M.W. Slack, Ch. 1, 1999.
“When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.”
“Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.”
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
“Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.”
“I think that what one can see from a Darwinian account is how the addition of culture in our species turns us into a very special sort of animal, an animal that can be a moral agent in a way that no other animal can be.”
“There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost; there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic.”
“The play I was doing [on a Broadway ], I was playing an obnoxious, outspoken kid, so [the director James Lapine ] saw me do the play, and he was like, "That's what I'm looking for." I tested for the part [in Life With Mikey]. Back then, I used to do screen tests. I mean, they still do every once in awhile, but it was a big deal.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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