"Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war."

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Walter Dean Myers

#War Quotes #Generations Quotes #Reason Quotes

“I was wholeheartedly attracted to the conservative atmosphere that permeated the city of Washington.”
“For what mission can be greater than that of giving to the world hours of exaltation in which it may forget the misery of the present, the cares of everyday life and lose itself in the eternally pure world of harmony. . .”

Source : Lotte Lehmann (2013). “More Than Singing: The Interpretation of Songs”, p.17, Courier Corporation
“Never confuse honor with stupidity!”
“The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing attitudes and actions that are counterproductive for minorities and disastrous for the country.”
“But Time is a great traitor who teaches us to accept loss.”

Source : Elizabeth Borton de Treviño, Prentice Hall PTR, Prentice-Hall, inc (2000). “I, Juan de Pareja”
“I've always wanted to do a boxing movie.”
“Man, Books & Booze is cool, right?. That's the most fun I've had in an interview this year. Definitely the most singing I've done.”
“What is the importance of human lives? Is it their continuing alive for so many years like animals in a menagerie? The value of a man cannot be judged by the number of diseases from which he escapes. The value of a man is in his human qualities: in his character, in his conscience, in the nobility and magnanimity, of his soul. Torturing animals to prolong human life has separated science from the most important thing that life has produced - the human conscience.”

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