"We have always borne part of the weight of war, and the major part ... Men have made boomerangs, bows, swords, or guns with which to destroy one another; we have made the men who destroyed and were destroyed! ... We pay the first cost on all human life."

-- Olive Schreiner

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“Every generation proclaims that each must lead his own life, but seldom grants the subsequent generation the right to lead theirs.”

Source : Faith Baldwin (1972). “One more time”, Holt McDougal
“Israel itself is the strongest guarantee against another Holocaust.”
“He was giving up on keeping me alive, letting natureâ€“or rather mob justiceâ€“take its course. When he returned, and I was dead, he wouldn't hold anyone responsible. He would not mourn. All this I could hear in those three words.”
“Is there in painting an effect which arises from the being together of repose and energy in the artist's mind? - can both repose and energy be seen in a painting's line and color, plane and volume, surface and depth, detail and composition? - and is the true effect of a good painting on the spectator one that makes at once for repose and energy, calmness and intensity, serenity and stir?”
“Why don't women have respect for themselves nowadays? What happen to the woman who learned her grandmama's recipes and made her man sweet potato pie? I tell you, they don't make 'em like they used to. Will my real women stand up, please?”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If you spend a lot of time shopping for athletic clothes, you may want to consider spending less time thinking about high school.”
“Now, occasionally I will still have that quarter pounder because I love fast food, but you have to keep it to a minimum.”
“The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer.”

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