"Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs."

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Source : Herman Kahn (1985). “Thinking Unth 80SP”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

Herman Kahn

#Military Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Oh that I may never loiter on my heavenly journey.”

Source : David Brainerd (1822). “Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians on the Borders of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary”, p.80
“My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!”
“I think pop culture is the greatest subject matter out there - 'Other People's Lives,' as we wrote about on the last Duran Duran album. Most ideas for great songs come from real situations, something your friend said to you the night before, the girl that just left, or something traumatic in your life.”
“We are what we are, neither a good or as bad as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings.”
“When we clean up after ourselves, we have nothing to blame. When we begin to live our lives in that way, cleaning up after ourselves, what is left is further vision and further openness, which leads to cleaning up the rest of the world.”
“You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Aug 07, 2013
“Women have a lot of power in private life. There are many men who would say, 'Hey, women already rule my life.' But with women, more is more. The more there are, the more the world gets used to seeing them. We change the culture. We begin to expand options and lead and manage.”
“Be not afraid of absurdity; do not shrink from the fantastic.Â Within a dilemma, choose the most unheard-of, the most dangerous solution.Â Be brave, be brave.”

Source : Isak Dinesen (2011). “Seven Gothic Tales”, p.55, Vintage

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