"To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education."

-- Jonathan Sacks

#Country Quotes #Army Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“I was in New York last Christmas - it's snowing; there's a guy in a t-shirt. I'm like, 'Dude, aren't you cold?' 'No, I'm from New York. I don't get cold.' Just 'cause you're from a cold place doesn't mean you're genetically predisposed to not feeling cold. You're not a penguin. I was like, 'In fact, sir, you're Puerto Rican, so if anything, you should be more cold.”
“Sometimes I wake at night in the White House and rub my eyes and wonder if it is not all a dream.”
“Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.”
“The Gothic tradition was begun by Ann Radcliffe, a rare example of a woman creating an artistic style.”
“Only God Can Judge Me That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life”
“We play happy music and we make people happy, that's why they like us”
“A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.”

Source : "Q&A With Finance Minister Chidambaram". Interview with Amol Sharma, Paul Beckett, blogs.wsj.com. October 8, 2012.
“My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen.”

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