"East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century."

-- William C. Kirby

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“If you aren't breaking tackles, you aren't doing anything.”
“When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.”

Source : Piers Anthony (1989). “Bio of an Ogre: The Autobiography of Piers Anthony to Age 50”, Ace Books
“Around 80% of Liberians are unemployed and only half of all children go to primary school. Just one in 20 go on to secondary school. Young children are on the streets instead of in the classrooms. We are not giving them the opportunity to learn and they will struggle to get jobs when they grow up.”
“It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it-just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations. The primordial sea indefatigably repeats the same words and casts up the same astonished beings on the same sea-shore.”
“Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.”
“In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods.”
“I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical conditions of our society and to identify the problems. The correct solutions will come with the correct identification of the problems.”

Source : Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1994). “My Dearest Daughter: A Letter from the Death Cell”
“I was one of the first people to almost actually vomit over hearing the use of the phrase "family values" and I pride myself on never having fallen for the idea that Barbara Bush was sweet and grandmotherly. I met Barbara Bush and, as I expected, she was a tank with eyes, not a nice person at all and why should that blow anybody away?”

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