"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts."

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Source : C. S. Lewis (2010). “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”, p.21, HarperCollins UK

C. S. Lewis

#Eye Quotes #People Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty”
“I feel like fashion was much more exclusive. There weren't as many parties. There weren't as many social gatherings. It wasn't required that designers have events to lure customers or editors or any of that - it was about a show. If there was a dinner or a party, people would go out after. New York nightlife was about late nights and dancing.”
“Most people believe that inequality is rising - and indeed it has been rising for a while in a number of rich countries. And there is lots of talk and realization of this. It's harder to understand that at the same time, you can actually have global inequality going down. Technically speaking, national inequality can increase in every single country and yet global inequality can go down. And why it is going down is because very large, populous, and relatively poor countries like India and China are growing quite fast.”
“Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?”
“A really good horror film has a story.”
“Artillery is the god of war.”
“If the Senate is the world's greatest deliberative body, the House is poised to be the world's greatest tweeting one.”
“But the warriors true, the brave of heart Who valiently upheld the right They are raised on high to the velvet sky Bringing light to the darkness of night”

Source : Brian Jacques (2007). “High Rhulain”, p.263, Penguin

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