"When war is declared, truth is the first casualty"

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Source : "Falsehood in Wartime". Book by Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, 1928.

Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede

#War Quotes #Anarchy Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Most of my school friends and even a few of my teachers called me Duck.”

Source : "Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bassist With Booker T. and the MGs, Stax, Dies at 70", www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 13, 2012.
“The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.”
“Even when we're with someone we love, we're foolish enough to think of her body and soul as being separate. To stand before the person we love is not the same as loving her true self, for we are only apt to regard her physical beauty as the indispensable mode of her existence. When time and space intervene, it is possible to be deceived by both, but on the other hand, it is equally possible to draw twice as close to her real self.”
“The best evidence of merit is a cordial recognition of it whenever and wherever it may be found.”
“Nowadays, not to say that that doesn't happen, but music is made a lot almost in a laboratory where you get one guy working in one studio, they send the file to another guy in some other part of the world, they send it back and then they send it this way and that way. Musicianship is kind of - there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, some great music is made that way.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I think that we, as human beings, always need to conquer our fears and reach beyond our grasp and I think it's very important that we don't become complacent or stagnant.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.”
“I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.”

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