"If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine gun unit, that's a very tricky business. We've got to know his background... I'm saying these things because they are real, and if I don't think that, and I think even if today the Prime Minister doesn't think carefully about this, I and my family could have a tragedy."

-- Lee Kuan Yew

#Religious Quotes #Real Quotes #Gun Quotes

“The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one's country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.”
“She frowned at him. 'You are in love with solitude.' 'Is there a better cure for the world than solitude?”
“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones. This is the kind of thing you see if you sit in the darkness with open eyes, not knowing the future.”
“One man's transparency is another's humiliation.”

Source : "Collaboration 2. 0: Technology and Best Practices for Successful". Book by Gerry Adams. Happy About, p. 93, January 1, 2008.
“Music is the strongest form of magic.”
“The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.”
“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.”
“I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.”

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