"Why are millions spent on the war each day, while not a penny is available for ... artists or the poor? Why do people have to starve when mountians of food are rotting away in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?"

-- Anne Frank

#Crazy Quotes #War Quotes #Artist Quotes

“We Russians are already living, not getting ready to live.”

Source : Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1994). “The View from the Kremlin”, HarperCollins
“It's not the fledgling birds that are thrown out of the nest by their parents and made to fly; it's the parents who are made to get the hell out of cozy family nest by their teenage offspring. It's we who are made to be independent of them, crash-landing if we don't manage it.”
“Nobody likes paying tolls. It's difficult to explain the concept of dynamic tolling, where the price varies to maintain the flow of traffic. And it's difficult to explain why highway widenings don't wind up helping commuters in the long run.”
“Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.”
“Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.”
“I try to understand place on a deeper level than just the physical or environmental aspects. It includes cultural and intellectual forces, too. Its an inclusive approach that brings in many disciplines and sees place as a dynamic thing.”
“This is a passion story: my passion, his, ours â€” yours.”

Source : Elizabeth Cunningham (2013). “The Passion of Mary Magdalen: A Novel”, p.12, Monkfish Book Publishing
“Enduringly successful people, many of whom live a life that's a gift to the world, don't raise balance as a major issue-not because they had it masterfully handled, but because they were all busy doing what mattered to them.”

Source : Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson (2006). “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters”, p.53, Pearson Education

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