"Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia."

-- Michael Mandelbaum

#Europe Quotes #People Quotes #Goal Quotes

“The least amount of buttons [in suit], the better. If you have to go with three, you can go three. But all that eight-button stuff? Nuh-uh, not a fan.”
“Save the trees of Ireland for the future men of Ireland on the fair hills of Eire, O.”
“Any time you risk big you often risk losing big. You can win big but you can also lose big, but you have to be willing to take those risks.”

Source : "Comic-Con: Halle Berry On Shattering Stereotypes, ‘Extant’ & ‘Storm’ Movie". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. July 8, 2015.
“It is always possible to argue against an interpretation, to confront interpretations, to arbitrate between them and to seek for an agreement, even if this agreement remains beyond our reach.”

Source : Paul Ricoeur (2016). “Hermeneutics and the Human Sciences”, p.175, Cambridge University Press
“I really never even seriously considered a book but a few years ago someone approached me out of the blue and I said I would think about it.”
“I feel that Orphei Drängar are among Sweden's foremost ambassadors. It's always a delight to hear the drängar, both abroad and at home.”
“The moment when a man's head drops off is seldom or never, I am inclined to think, precisely the most agreeable of his life. Nevertheless, like the greater part of our misfortunes, even so serious a contingency brings its remedy and consolation with it, if the sufferer will but make the best, rather than the worst, of the accident which has befallen him.”
“Love breaks your heart, love takes no less than everything. Love makes it hard, and it fades away so easily.”

Source : Song: Love Is

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