"The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to make me tremble."

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Source : Joseph Rotblat, Daisaku Ikeda (2007). “A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat”, p.131, I.B.Tauris

Joseph Rotblat

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“When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of a ballet dancer, her fingers plying the food with the dexterity of a croupier.”

Source : "Food and Drink: A Book of Quotations". Book by Susan L. Rattiner, September 19, 2012.
“Breathe in, breathe out, move on...”
“Iâ€™m not going anywhere near a motel with you.”
“Our society teaches a woman at a certain age who is unmarried to see it as a deep personal failure. While a man at a certain age who is unmarried has not quite come around to making his pick.”
“It is important to speak your truth, not to convince anyone else of it. Everyone must make up their own minds.”

Source : Barbara Marciniak (1998). “Family of Light: Pleiadian Tales and Lessons in Living”, p.56, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
“The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.”

Source : Anthony Storr (2005). “Solitude: A Return to the Self”, p.61, Simon and Schuster
“For when is the child the ideal child in our eyes and to our hearts? Is it not when with gentle hand he takes his father by the beard, and turns that father's face up to his brothers and sisters to kiss? when even the lovely selfishness of love-seeking has vanished, and the heart is absorbed in loving?”
“If you have always suspected your sister of an inclination to madness, it will be my pleasure to confirm your worst fears.”

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