"Over the past 30 years, hand grenades, tanks, fighter jets, missiles, helicopters and assault rifles have replaced traditional floral patterns in rug making and other textiles. Depicting these realities of war has helped the Afghan people to survive during times of conflict."

-- Henri Cole

#War Quotes #Past Quotes #Reality Quotes

“The person who reads can bail, but the person who doesn't fails.”
“Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to London.”
“I could beat my mike stand into the stage, but I was still in pain. Maybe fans liked it, but sometimes people forget you're a person and they're more into the entertainment value. It's taken a long time to turn that around and give a strong show without it being a kamikaze show.”
“I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.”

Source : Ernest Thompson Seton (2007). “Wild Animals I Have Known”, p.12, Yesterday's Classics
“I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.”
“I have a drivers licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.”
“I am determined to control events, not be controlled by them.”
“We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood”

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