"The United States will not be in Afghanistan forever."

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Source : "Myths about 'unwinnable' Afghanistan" by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, www.cnn.com. February 17, 2011.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

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“Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.”
“Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.”
“I can't say anything other than the fact that I feel a range of emotions including guilt, shame, sadness, betrayal, freedom and appreciation for those who have stood by me, been tough on me, and have taken the time to understand that there is a deeper story and not to believe everything they read in the newspapers.”
“Mother is the best and the first teacher to the child .”
“I was brought in by the White House as GM's chairman in 2009, around the time of the bankruptcy, and became CEO later that year. As a company, we were grateful for the government's support. But as GM's financial health began to improve, I could detect no real sense of urgency, or even interest, on the part of the government to relinquish control.”
“In the chapter on the nature of the atonement [in the book saving Calvinism] I argue that it is a mistake to think that penal substitution is the only option on the doctrine of atonement.”
“As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The American attempt to combine domestic democracy with such tyrannical control over foreigners is hopelessly contradictory and hypocritical. A country can be democratic or it can be imperialistic, but it cannot be both.”

Source : Chalmers Johnson (2010). “Dismantling the Empire: America's Last Best Hope”, p.34, Metropolitan Books
“Yet we always envy others, comparing our shadows to their sunlit sides.”

Source : Margaret George (2011). “The Autobiography Of Henry VIII”, p.212, Pan Macmillan

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