"I hope that the German people will never again make the mistake of believing that because the American people are peace-loving, they will sit back hoping for peace if any nation uses force or the threat of force to acquire dominion over other peoples and other governments."

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Source : James F. Byrnes (1947). “Speaking Frankl.y”

James F. Byrnes

#Mistake Quotes #Believe Quotes #Government Quotes

“Know that what appears to be Love for an 'other' is really Love of Self because 'other' doesn't exist. So this innermost Love can be given to no 'other'. Love of friends is for the sake of Self, not for body to body. True love has no Lover or Beloved because all Love is Love of Self.”

Source : H. W. L. Poonja, Prashanti De Jager (2000). “The Truth Is”, p.471, Weiser Books
“I wanna say 'China', but I don't really mean 'China.' I just mean the places that Chinese people come from.”
“I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were.”
“There's only one way to improve society. Present it with a single improved unit: yourself.”
“I donâ€™t want to lose my memories. Donâ€™t make me forget. I would rather die as Elena, than live as a shadow.”
“I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.”
“World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.”
“I had to go to Europe to tour and he died on the second day of the tour.”

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