"Always turn and face the attack."

-- Adolph Malan

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“What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.”

Source : John Brunner (2014). “The Jagged Orbit”, p.18, Open Road Media
“I'm a coach's coaching player. I like to be on the floor. So, if the coach tells me what to do out on the floor, I can get it done. I'm really comfortable being directed.”
“If you believe people have no history worth mentioning, it's easy to believe they have no humanity worth defending”
“Greatest fools are the most often satisfied.”
“If you don't learn about each other, you do not understand each other, and you don't hide warts and all, both sides, then you're forever going to repeat history.”
“We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.”
“I think that it's very important to have the United States' engagement in many situations we have around the world, be it in Syria, be it in the African context. The United States represents an important set of values, human rights, values related to freedom, to democracy. And so the foreign policy engagement of the United States is a very important guarantee that those values can be properly pursued.”

Source : "Lena Dunham Opens Up About Her New Book, Not That Kind of Girl, and What She's Learned From Her Sister". Glamour Interview, www.glamour.com. October 1, 2014.
“How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?”

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