"The achievement of nationhood is a product not only of time and circumstance but usually of war and suffering as well."

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Source : "Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends". Book by William Pfaff, ch. 5, Nationalism, p. 138., 1989.

William Pfaff

#War Quotes #Achievement Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I believe that when we treat homosexual people as pariahs and push them outside our communities and churches; when we blame them for who they are; when we deny them our blessing on their commitment to lifelong, faithful relationships, we make them doubt whether they are children of God, made in his image.”

Source : "Stop treating gay people as pariahs, evangelical minister tells church" by Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2013.
“I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.”
“I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child.”
“It's nice, when fishing, to catch a fish. But it doesn't really matter if you don't. What you always catch is a quiet time sitting at the water's edge, or in a gently rocking boat, a silent time of water and sky and the movement of natural things.”
“Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing.”
“It's fragile what we know. It's gone every time we forget. Then someone has to learn it all over again.”
“You've never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.”
“Digital held no romance for me at all. I hated it. I miss my big cameras. The working process, I miss it.”

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