"Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it."

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Source : Stephen L. Carter (2012). “The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln”, p.45, Vintage

Stephen L. Carter

#Conflict Quotes #Plague Quotes

“I was born with a fierce need for independence.”
“But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation.”
“When I work out, I wear two in-the-ear hearing aids for comfort, and then I wear the behind-the-ears for my day-to-day non-physical activities, when I need maximum hearing and to communicate with people and do interviews!”
“I enjoy being characters rather than myself.”

Source : Interview with Dave Grohl, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 19, 2011.
“There is another side to me which people don't often see, but it's very hard for me to show that. When I do interviews, I'm talking to people I don't know and when you speak to a stranger you don't open up, do you? In my position, people are always looking for something to say about me. And anything I do say, given half-a-chance they'll turn it round into something spectacular so I've got to be very careful. That's why it's only my friends and family who know the real me. Now my wife, Lainya, she could tell you a few stories.”

Source : Interview with Dr. Stephen Edelson, www.autism.com. February 1, 1996.
“Do I get up some days and feel competitive? Sure. Do I get up some days and feel afraid? Of course. But...I have real moments of joy now, and I know it will continue.”
“If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.”
“I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.”

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