"How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print."

-- Karl Kraus

#Lying Quotes #War Quotes #Believe Quotes

“Liberty is so much latitude as the powerful choose to accord to the weak.”
“Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.”
“He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you.”
“One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy. Your parents want you to have health insurance. Your friends want you to be a good friend. But everyoneâ€™s thinking about their own problems and nobody wakes up in the morning thinking, â€˜Boy, I sure hope Sam finishes that chapter and gets one step closer to his dream of being a working writer.â€™ Nobody does that. If you want to write, it has to come from you. If you donâ€™t want to write, thatâ€™s great. Go do something else. That was a very liberating moment for me.”
“Ideas are only as good as their execution”
“Oh, nice one, honey. Yes. Clever. That's becoming quite a familiar quotation in its own right, isn't it? Maybe I should just add it to the next edition. 'Mother was right.' Author: Mrs. Bartlett, world-renowned nag. Year: 1859. Attribution: A short play entitled Every Goddamn Weekend!”
“Radicals, on the other hand, want to advance from the jungle of laissez-faire capitalism to a world worthy of the name of human civilization. They hope for a future where the means of economic production will be owned by all of the people instead of just a comparative handful. They feel that this minority control of production facilities is injurious to the large masses of people not only because of economic monopolies but because the political power inherent in this form of centralized economy does not augur for an ever expanding democratic way of life.”
“If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.”

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