"American GIs don't fight this unjust immoral and illegal war of Johnson's."

-- Hanoi Hannah

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Unjust Quotes

“Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose, To th' active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn's string a touch more sore and grave. The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur'd dance of all. And this is Musick.”
“In recent years, research into the prevention and treatment of arthritis has led to measures that successfully reduce pain and improve the quality of life for millions.”
“Looking at the sky last night and the moon in the first fresh dark, just a few stars, bright with their cold flares, I had a little crumpled thought, 'Oh well, the moon. It's just another place like California.' One's imagination drags its feet as we are inexorably hauled into the future.”

Source : James Schuyler, Nathan Kernan (1997). “The diary of James Schuyler”, Black Sparrow Pr
“The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment.”
“I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there because I cling to the belief that it's important to maintain those businesses which put a human face on the exchange of money for goods and services.”
“Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work. There is only one psychological assertion that I would insist upon. That is: the SELF takes precedence.”
“Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun." "We are ugly.”

Source : Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Uglies”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
“I never think of physical fighting. It's always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.”

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