"I think you have to remember that Americans saw their purpose as so innately good that they could excuse the pain they would inflict on others to carry out those purposes. Because the purposes were so good, they would justify this pain we were inflicting on other people."

-- Neil Sheehan

#Pain Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“In nineteenth-century Russia, sauerkraut was valued more than caviar,”

Source : Mark Kurlansky (2003). “Salt: A World History”, p.272, Penguin
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, it's hard to eat spaghetti.”
“Primitive, simplistic anti-Communism is all too often used as a common denominator for diverse efforts to perpetuate one's own power in a democratic system, convert opinions into dogma, and kill off all opposition, even silent.”
“Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello”
“There are no speed limits on the road to success.”
“You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.”
“Chaos and intensity are no substitute for lasting love, nor are they necessarily an improvement on real life.”
“The Church exists by mission as fire exists by burning.”

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