"There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve."

-- Dick Cheney

#Hype Quotes #Gathering Quotes #Deceit Quotes

“I have yet to see a serious act of violence that was not provoked by the experience of feeling shamed and humiliated, disrespected and ridiculed, and that did not represent the attempt to prevent or undo this â€˜loss of faceâ€™â€”no matter how severe the punishment, even if it includes death.”

Source : James Gilligan (1996). “Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes”, Putnam Adult
“The connection was so bad, and I couldnâ€™t talk at all during most of the call. How terrible it is when you say I love you and the person at the other end shouts back â€˜What?”
“You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.”
“From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.”
“France would be reluctant to embrace any proposal by the European Commission to slash agricultural tariffs if it threatened the European Union's Common Agriculture Policy .”
“I once stayed in a roach-infested hotel in Istanbul for a work trip. I had to share my room with a male model, and pointedly all we talked about was our other halves.”
“The key word in profiteering is profit.”
“One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.”

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