"Fortunately, at the last hour, there were always a few soldiers to save Civilization."

-- Oswald Spengler

#Civilization Quotes #Soldier Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.”
“Good policy always trumps bad public relations. And the best PR can't trump bad policy.”

Source : "TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads How Obama can solve his image problem". www.cbsnews.com. August 1, 2011.
“Fill with mingled cream and amber, I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chamber of my brain â€” Quaintest thoughts â€” queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today.”
“There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do; there are movements that are involuntary proofs of what the soul feels.”
“The first space walk, it's really got your attention. You know you're travelling eight times faster than a rifle bullet, and you're outside. Second space walk, you're a lot more relaxed, you're looking over your shoulder, admiring the view of Earth. What was funny about the third space walk was that mission control in Houston called and said, "Take a moment and enjoy the view".”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“So much in life seems inflexible and unchangeable, and part of the joy of running and especially racing is the realization that improvement and progress can be achieved.”
“I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be.”

Source : "Real Time With Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch". Interview with Azeen Ghorayshi, www.motherjones.com. February 27, 2012.
“As a journalist, you know you are doing your job properly when you manage to upset rich, powerful and entitled people who are used to getting their own way,and you know youâ€™ve really got under their skin when they pursue censorship, the avenue of last resort since time immemorial.”

Source : Guy Adams: I thought the internet age had ended this kind of censorship, www.independent.co.uk. July 30, 2012.

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