"Bush, himself the most intellectually backward American president of my political lifetime, is surrounded by advisers whose bellicosity is exceeded only by their political, military and diplomatic illiteracy."

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Source : "Bush aide cites case for Saddam's removal". www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2002.

Gerald Kaufman

#Military Quotes #Political Quotes #President Quotes

“The only thing about my life that's really changed is the fact that a lot of people know me now. I'm still the same person.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The collective unconscious appears to consist of mythological motifs or primordial images, for which reason the myths of all nations are its real exponents. In fact the whole of mythology could be taken as a sort of projection of the collective unconscious. We can see this most clearly if we look at the heavenly constellations, whose originally chaotic forms are organized through the projection of images. This explains the influence of the stars as asserted by astrologers. These influences are nothing but unconscious instrospective perceptions of the collective unconscious.”
“I remember the average curate at home as something between a eunuch and a snigger.”

Source : 'The Flower Beneath the Foot' (1923) ch. 4
“Statistics are the lifeblood of baseball. In no other sport are so many available and studied so assiduously by participants and fans. Much of the game's appeal, as a conversation piece, lies in the opportunity the fan gets to back up opinions and arguments with convincing figures, and it is entirely possible that more American boys have mastered long division by dealing with batting averages than in any other way.”
“I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world.”
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up because you will lose the ability to learn new things. Move forward with your life.”
“So, I looked up, and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark said that the amazing white stars were really only holes in the black glass of the dome, and when you went to heaven, the glass broke away, and there was nothing but a whole sheet of star white, which is brighter than anything but doesn't hurt your eyes. It was vast and open and thinly quiet, and I felt so small.”

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