"The Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him"

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Source : Menachem Begin's speech at the National Defense College, www.nytimes.com. August 8, 1982.

Menachem Begin

#Army Quotes #Honest Quotes #Egyptian Quotes

“No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.”
“Jesus didn't just give hugs; He also gave a hammer. Paul didn't just pass on holy kisses; he also tirelessly dealt out swift and holy kicks to the rear end of the ancient church. The Bible has the manly stuff intact, and that is why it is such a great mystery how it got lost in the modern church.”
“I am not my thoughts, feelings, circumstances of changing events in life, I am the awareness, the alertness, the changeless which remains present behind it.”
“I'm a white guy listening to the Cure and thinking about Pynchon influences.”
“They think we are retarded. They are retarded.”
“In Narnia a girl might ring a bell in a deserted temple and feel the chime in her eyes, pure as the freeze that forces tears. Then when the sound dies out, the White Witch wakes. It was like, I want to touch you, and I can touch you, now what next, a dagger?”
“I give myself different roles. I think in different ways on different days. Sometimes I think of it as cooking - different flavors and different ingredients. Sometimes I think of it like orchestrating a piece of music with all the different instruments.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Sometimes making people laugh or even making them scared can be accomplished by a good opening sequence.”

Source : Source: www.metalgearsolid.net

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