"What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre."

-- Tahar Ben Jelloun

#War Quotes #Average Quotes #World Quotes

“The evil of technology was not technology itself, Lindbergh came to see after the war, not in airplanes or the myriad contrivances of modern technical igenuity, but in the extent to which they can distance us from our better moral nature, or sense of personal accountability.”
“It's usually when the cameras leave that the support leaves as well.”

Source : "How supermodel Petra Nemcova's tragedy changed children's lives" by Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.
“Design a portfolio you are not likely to trade... akin to premarital counseling advice; try to build a portfolio that you can live with for a long, long time.”
“Discontent is like ink poured into water, which fills the whole fountain full of blackness.”
“I don't speak particularly well. That's one of the consequences of being extremely ugly.”

Source : "The importance of being earnest". Interview with Craig McLean, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2005.
“Unicef wants to encourage a sense of stability for a child.”
“I have actually five honorary degrees.”
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.”

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