"Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward."

-- Hans Rosling

#Motivation Quotes #War Quotes #Inspiration Quotes

“If I put a value on my music, and no one's prepared to pay that, then more fool me, but the idea that the value is created by the consumer is an idiot plan; it can't work.”
“It is our pride that the Great Satan (U.S.) and the head of despotism, corruption and arrogance in modern times considers us as an enemy that should be listed in the terrorism list...I say to every member of Hezbollah (should) be happy and proud that your party has been placed on the list of terrorist organizations as the U.S. view it”
“A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized.”
“Bringing a child into the world is the greatest act of hope there is.”
“'Married with Children' was racy. It was sexist. It was a lot of things, but mostly it was funny.”
“The inner revolution will not be televised or sold on the Internet. It must take place within one's own mind and heart.”
“You don’t have to have vision to be a visionary”
“Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it. If one wanted to pass the time one could go to New Zealand.”

Source : Alan Bennett (2008). “The Uncommon Reader”, p.13, Faber & Faber

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