"The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it."

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Source : John Galsworthy (2009). “25 Plays”, p.488, Wildside Press LLC

John Galsworthy

#Sacrifice Quotes #Sentiments Quotes #Prepared Quotes

“I saw in the whole Christian world a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush. Wars were begun on trifling pretexts or none at all, and carried on without any reference of law, Divine or human.”
“My worst memory is of my first dance lesson as a 14-year old in Prague. My mother put me in this silver and pink lame dress. My hair was all curled, and it was the first time I wore a garter belt. I felt so out of place!”
“As a politician, you only meet two types of people. People with problems, and people who are right.”

Source : Gyles Brandreth (2013). “Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations”, p.199, Oxford University Press
“So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity.”
“As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scene.”

Source : Jacques Derrida (1995). “Points . .: Interviews, 1974-1994”, p.200, Stanford University Press
“What an incredible drug fear is.”
“I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process.”
“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”

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