"I don't have any problem with the United States acting on behalf of its own interests. That's what big powers do; that's what all countries do. I would just like to see us analyze in a serious way what really is in our interest. Sometimes we intervene in foreign countries in ways that seem successful at first. In the end, however, we wind up with unpredicted consequences that make us regret those operations."

-- Stephen Kinzer

#Country Quotes #Regret Quotes #Successful Quotes

“I'm getting older. I'm getting sexier. I'm getting meaner. I can still do what I do.”
“Dear brothers and sisters, the Church loves you! Be an active presence in the community, as living cells, as living stones.”
“Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms the person or property of another.”

Source : Lysander Spooner (2006). “Vices Are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.”

Source : "Objectified" by Joe Winkler, www.guernicamag.com. October 22, 2013.
“He felt as if his heart had dried up. I needed her he thought. I needed someone like her to fill the void inside me. But I wasnâ€™t able to fill the void inside her. Until the bitter end, the emptiness inside her was hers alone.”
“The only source of knowledge is experience.”
“For all the time schools devote to the teaching of mathematics, very little (if any) is spent trying to convey just what the subject is about. Instead, the focus is on learning and applying various procedures to solve math problems. That's a bit like explaining soccer by saying it is executing a series of maneuvers to get the ball into the goal. Both accurately describe various key features, but they miss the what and the why of the big picture.”
“I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com

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