"Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves."

-- Naomi Klein

#Way Quotes #Violence Quotes #Interest Quotes

“It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.”
“I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.”

Source : Paul Rieckhoff (2006). “Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective”, p.311, Penguin
“I used to get embarrassed about the fact I liked fashion. I still get a bit cringy.”
“Creation is too grand, complex, and mysterious to be captured in a narrow creed. That is why we cherish individual freedom of belief.”
“Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct, we are led to believe that within a period, geologically recent, the unbroken ocean was here spread out. Hence, both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact â€” that mystery of mysteries â€” the first appearance of new beings on this earth.”
“t was almost disappointing because it seemed when stress and madness were eliminated from my daily life there wasn't much left you could depend on.”
“Always keep your home presentable, assuming you keep a home for purposes of presentation.”
“Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.”

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