"Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in the name of God, or civilization or progress. But all of them, or almost all of the wars, have been trade wars."

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Source : Interview with Kevin Murphy, www.oregonlive.com. July 2, 2009.

Eduardo Galeano

#War Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Names Quotes

“And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled. (â€œThe Testimony of the Sunsâ€)”

Source : George Sterling, “The Testimony Of The Suns”
“A bully is fighting out of a need to dominate. And is usually unwilling to take the consequences.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“I learned another thing, which is that just because someone is eating the ashes of your protagonist doesn't mean you stop telling the story.”

Source : Miriam Toews (2014). “All My Puny Sorrows”, p.173, Faber & Faber
“I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The Jungle Book. Deep down, I've always wanted to write a book about a wild child and an elephant.”
“I don't have great thighs. I have very big breasts and a soft, fatty little tummy. And I've got back fat. People assume that I'm walking around in little spaghetti-strap dresses. It's insidious - Glam Jamie, the Perfect Jamie, the great figure, blah, blah, blah. And I don't want the unsuspecting 40-year-old women of the world to think that I've got it going on. It's such a fraud. And I'm the one perpetuating it.”
“My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.”
“When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.”
“We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order - poetry; and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.36, Library of Alexandria

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