"I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy."

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Source : Alva Myrdal's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1982.

Alva Myrdal

#Weapons Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Steps Quotes

“I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gavin Rossdale from Jan 27, 2012
“She is nine, beloved, as open-faced as the sky and as self-contained. I have watched her grow. As recently as three or four years ago, she had a young child's perfectly shallow receptiveness; she fitted into the world of time, it fitted into her, as thoughtlessly as sky fits its edges, or a river its banks. But as she has grown, her smile has widened with a touch of fear and her glance has taken on depth. Now she is aware of some of the losses you incur by being here--the extortionary rent you have to pay as long as you stay.”
“Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only 1. Which one seems unnatural now?”

Source : Twitter post from May 6, 2012
“For a person who lives 100 years in the future, the present comes as no surprise.”
“The sure way of judging whether our first thoughts are judicious, is to sleep on them. If they appear of the same force the next morning as they did over night, and if good nature ratifies what good sense approves, we may be pretty sure we are in the right.”
“The tongue is a powerful tool. And the words we say are never forgotten. Never.”
“If you have a big idea, you can do 10% of it, and then maybe, if it's a huge success, you might go all-in [in Europe]. Here [in U.S], you go all-in earlier. You risk more and you get more, so you do more. That's what I like.”
“To quote Agent Cooper, 'I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.'”

Source : "New TWIN PEAKS Episodes to Air on Showtime in 2016; David Lynch to Direct" by Perri Nemiroff, collider.com. October 6, 2014.

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