"In 2007 and 2008, it was impossible to get American and British policy makers, or Pakistani politicians, to acknowledge that the Taliban leadership was in Pakistan. This is the great virtue of the early statements of the Obama administration, when Obama himself, Richard Holbrooke and others, said that the threat to both countries comes principally from western Pakistan, in Balujistan and Waziristan. So there has been some progress, but probably the hardest part is yet to come."

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Chris Alexander

#Country Quotes #Progress Quotes #Administration Quotes

“Like a lot of people, I love a bit of blood and gore.”

Source : "‘Harry Potter’ Countdown: Natalia Tena Weighs in on Tonks’ Mullet". Interview with Denise Martin, herocomplex.latimes.com. July 09, 2009.
“A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.”
“We are on a journey through the inward space of the heart, a journey not measured by the hours of our watch or the days of the calendar; for it is a journey out of time into eternity.”

Source : Kallistos Ware, Kallistos (Bishop of Diokleia) (1995). “The Orthodox Way”, p.7, St Vladimir's Seminary Press
“I'm working on inventing an aerosol spray that repels papparazi. I haven't perfected it but when I do I will make millions.”
“In a word, learning is decontextualized. We break ideas down into tiny pieces that bear no relation to the whole. We give students a brick of information, followed by another brick, followed by another brick, until they are graduated, at which point we assume they have a house. What they have is a pile of bricks, and they don't have it for long.”

Source : Alfie Kohn (1999). “Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes”, p.232, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“What drives me to you, drives me insane.”
“A composition which dazzles at first sight by gaudy epithets, or brilliant turns or expression, or glittering trains of imagery, may fade gradually from the mind, leaving no enduring impression; but words which flow fresh and warm from a full heart, and which are instinct with the life and breath of human feeling, pass into household memories, and partake of the immortality of the affections from which they spring.”
“You can't be scared of death. When that time comes, it comes.”

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