"The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail... You can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down."

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Source : New Republic, November 4, 1985.

Conor Cruise O'Brien

#Government Quotes #America Quotes #Failing Quotes

“The study of foodways - the intersection of food and culture - addresses a central issue in the humanities: how we connect the great dramas of history with the lives of ordinary people.”
“If a guy won't commit, he's a player.”

Source : "The Guy Advice Guru". www.seventeen.com. September 6, 2006.
“Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.”
“I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution.”

Source : John Corey Whaley (2012). “Where Things Come Back”, p.26, Simon and Schuster
“He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.”

Source : George Berkeley (1837). “Works: Account of His Life and Letters”, p.362
“Allow yourself to lose your way.”
“Adultery is extravagance.”
“Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds.”

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