"We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people."

-- James Lee Burke

#Country Quotes #War Quotes #People Quotes

“Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.”
“Art and music are the vehicle for the zeitgeist.”

Source : Source: www.kaltblut-magazine.com
“...the finest act of seeing is necessarily always the act of not seeing something else.”
“My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling.”
“If there's any country that has the capacity not to control North Korea, but to influence North Korea, it's still China. The Chinese always say they have very little influence. They have more than they say they do. We should put pressure on them to do it and there's finally, we're seeing the first signs of a little bit of Chinese disaffection. At some point they're getting tired of the antics of this country. This is a dangerous ally for China to have. And the more Chinese can pressure them and put the economic screws on them, the better it will be for everybody.”

Source : "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. March 17, 2013.
“You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.”

Source : 1962 In the Saturday Review, Fall issue.
“I learn the most from making my own mistakes.”
“There is always need for good foster parents, people who have room in their homes, the openhearted people.”

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