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“Neoconservatives and the Pentagon have good reason to fear the return of the Vietnam Syndrome. The label intentionally suggests a disease, a weakening of the martial will, but the syndrome was actually a healthy American reaction to false White House promises of victory, the propping up of corrupt regimes, crony contracting and cover-ups of civilian casualties during the Vietnam War that are echoed today in the news from Baghdad.”
Source : Tom Hayden (2008). “Writings For A Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader”, City Lights Publishers
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“Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.”
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“Every day there are small moments when we have a choice: will we take in more stuff, or just clear our minds out for a bit?”
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“All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together.”
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“It doesn't do to say that heresy produces the development of doctrine, because that annoys the theologians. But it is true to say that as a matter of history the development of doctrine has been largely a reaction on the Church's part to the attacks of heresy.”
Source : Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1963). “University and Anglican sermons of Ronald A. Knox: together with sermons preached on various occasions”
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“I find it interesting to see people - mostly people who are younger than I am - going to considerable trouble to try to reproduce things from an era that was far more physical, from a less virtual day. That fascinates me, because it seems to be symbolic of something going on in the culture itself, and I also have a sort of innate admiration for the stubbornness it requires to actually make those things physically. It's become incredibly difficult. In North America, we've largely forgotten how to do it.”
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“Fashion, art, and architecture are all so tightly connected; I think the way to approach referencing these art works is by capturing the essence.”
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“The modern Agnostic improves upon the ancient by adding "I don't care" to "I don't know.”
Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc
