"The agony of international relations is the need to try to practice politics without the basic conditions for political order."

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Source : Bernard Crick (1962). “In Defence of Politics”

Bernard Crick

#Order Quotes #Practice Quotes #Agony Quotes

“A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding.”
“I had my freedom and that was nice”

Source : "I work in waves". Interview with Nicholas Serota, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2008.
“Anything you can do to express yourself is a form of art. That's why I love my craft so much. I always wanted to play other artists. If I can't play an instrument, then I want to play a character that can. There is an artist behind everything, and I think that's beautiful.”
“My mom had gotten a Super 8 camera to make home movies with, and my brother and me got our hands on it and ran with it.”

Source : "Life is funny. And mundane. Just like in a cartoon by Lev" by Jane Ganahl, www.sfgate.com. November 16, 2004.
“The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.”
“It seems that 'national security' is the root password to the Constitution. As with any dishonest superuser, the best countermeasure is strong encryption.”
“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.220, Bantam
“I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.”

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