"There is no need for propaganda to be rich in intellectual content."

-- Joseph Goebbels

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“A North Korean soldier would later recall a buddy who had been given an American-made nail clipper and was showing it off to his friends. The soldier clipped a few nails, admired the sharp, clean edges, and marveled at the mechanics of this simple item. Then he realized with a sinking heart: If North Korea couldnâ€™t make such a fine nail clipper, how could it compete with American weapons?”

Source : Barbara Demick (2010). “Nothing To Envy: Real Lives In North Korea”, p.168, Granta
“Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.”
“You who have never “been there” in the throes of grief, have no idea what is going on inside the head of the grieving spouse: the scattered thoughts, the constant worry that we will forget something or someone in our fog-induced state, that strange feeling of not quite “being all there” when out in social situations, the pall that covers everything, like a cloak of sadness that never lifts.”
“I haven't been approached to do anything, but I would certainly make room for it. It was a really fun time.”
“Gay marriage! That's a huge change and a huge win-win for feminism.”
“It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast.”
“My mom is proud of me. But she might not be too happy about the hours I keep or how little I eat. I wake up so late that it would be inappropriate to have breakfast. At most, I will have a snack in the day and dinner. I realize that it's not the healthiest way to live, but it's all I really have time for.”
“You cannot make horses 'safe.”

Source : "Royal approval" by Romilly Weeks, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2008.

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