"When you talk about the security and safety of average Americans it doesn't do average Americans a lot of good to expand America's military footprint if the daily lives of average Americans are being undermined by the fact that we're no longer able to compete in a global economy. I think that's the kind of human security we have to pay more attention to."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Peter Beinart

#Military Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Average Quotes

“Find what brings you joy and go there.”

Source : Jan Phillips (2012). “Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity”, p.12, Quest Books
“Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.”
“Hate is a strong word so I don't really hate the quality of somebody, I just don't like being late so I don't like if other people are late as well. Time management is key!”

Source : Source: sea.askmen.com
“Her heart was heavy because it was open, and so things filled it, and so things rushed out of it, but still the heart kept beating, tough and frighteningly powerful and meaning to shrug off the rest of her and continue on its own.”

Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2011). “Mr Fox”, p.171, Pan Macmillan
“I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies.”
“Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.”
“Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success.”
“I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I do for this planet is because the Master-Creator of the Universe is making me do it. I am of another dimension. I am on this planet because people need me.”

Source : Press release by A&M Records, 1989.

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