"Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go."

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Vera Brittain

#War Quotes #Modern Quotes #Civilisation Quotes

“Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.”
“No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.”

Source : Larry McMurtry (2010). “Some Can Whistle”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
“Being silly is still allowed, not excluded by adulthood. What's excluded by adulthood is thoughtlessness, so be thoughtful and silly”
“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.”
“I'm in a comic book now. That was cool. That's something that I'm still sorta reeling about, 'cause I read comics as a kid. Someone drew me, and actually did a pretty good job!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Man is an appearance, God is a reality.”
“I don't think I ever will do a sex scene because of my religion and my personal standards.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity â€” a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.”

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