"Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard."

-- David Petraeus

#Cutting Quotes #Ties Quotes #President Quotes

“Everyone says "I wish I was in your shoes...", the hundreds of people that wish they were in my shoes don't know the tenth of it. If they were in my shoes they would cry like a baby.”
“Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to be more clearly defined. And then some process should be set up where the judge is not also the appeals judge.”
“Painting is... a correspondence between what you are and what you see. It's a moment when something is holding together in such a way that it is a universe in itself... Within this is a test and also a judgment upon yourself, your capabilities, your promises, and the part that you play in the world. And nobody else can test that for you. Certainly not the Museum of Modern Art.”
“The demons of the Devil don't use your weak weaknesses against you, they use your strong ones. If you're rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you're loyal and faithful, they turn those against you. If you're passionate and emotional, they make you passionate and emotional about your worse fears. Your weak weaknesses are no use to them.... They find the strongest weaknesses you didn't know were yours and use those against you.”
“And therefore I looked down into the great pity of a personâ€™s life on this earth. I donâ€™t mean that we all end up dead, thatâ€™s not the great pity. I mean that he couldnâ€™t tell me what he was dreaming, and I couldnâ€™t tell him what was real.”

Source : Denis Johnson (2009). “Jesus' Son: Stories”, p.9, Macmillan
“Prophets are so dangerous because they cry in season and out of season, politely and impolitely, loud and long.”
“When people hear the word â€œbeautifulâ€, they expect something to be pretty. And for me that's not always necessarily the case, y'know.”
“You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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