"Peace is a desire, war is a fact; and history has never paid heed to human desires and ideals."

-- Oswald Spengler

#War Quotes #Desire Quotes #Facts Quotes

“I'm not the businessman. I don't deal with the business at all. Not anymore. Occasionally, every four years or five years, they tell me I've run out of money, I have to go and make some more.”
“To sleep with a woman: it can seem of the utmost importance in your mind, or then again it can seem like nothing much at all. Which only goes to say that there's sex as therapy (self- therapy, that is) and there's sex as pastime.”
“You can't blame science for being used for evil purposes. What you can do is say, 'This is an exceedingly powerful tool.' And you want to make sure it is used for good purposes, not bad ones. That is a political decision.”
“We fail to reckon with the reality of human nature. By nature,we are egocentric. Our world revolves around us. None of us is totally altruistic.”
“Yes!--still I love thee: Time, who sets His signet on my brow, And dims my sunken eye, forgets, The heart he could not bow;-- Where love, that cannot perish, grows For one, Alas! that little knows How love may sometimes last; Like sunshine wasting in the skies When clouds are overcast.”
“The military has a very long relationship with Hollywood that dates back to the silent film era.”
“Do It Under the Influence Yourself! That's what we're shooting for! Get drunk and make your dreams come true.”
“My father cried when I said I wanted to be a chef.”

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