"I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind."

-- George C. Marshall

#Mind Quotes #Casualties Quotes #Results Quotes

“The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it.”
“Reality cannot be ignored except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that must be paid.”
“The big money in booms is always made first by the public - on paper.And it remains on paper.”

Source : "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator". Book by Edwin Lefèvre. Chapter XXI, p. 257, 1923.
“The problem in Burma is the problem in Egypt, the problem you refer to in Yemen, and the problem in a lot of these countries in the world: that you can get stuck in the process of transition, in whatâ€™s been called a competitive authoritarianâ€¦ a pseudo democratic regime.”
“I am not my self, I am the result of all my ancestors.”
“Life is not to live merely, but to live well.”
“Behind all art is an element of desire...Love of life, of existence, love of another human being, love of human beings is in some way behind all art â€” even the most angry, even the darkest, even the most grief-stricken, and even the most embittered art has that element somewhere behind it. Because how could you be so despairing, so embittered, if you had not had something you loved that you lost?”
“You know, some people say that Cannes is the worst place in the world to see cinema. It's a paradox. They have the new films , lots of interesting films premiering there for the first time. At the same time it's such a mess and a confusion. You have to run from one screening to another.”

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