Quotes
Authors
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
"This new declaration which emphasizes the necessity of global disarmament is based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in particular the prohibition of the threat and use of force, and on the obligation to negotiate disputes in conformity with the UN Charter. It is a strong and positive example for the entire world." --
Source : "CELAC / Zone of Peace: 'A key step to countering the globalization of militarism' – UN Expert". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights News Item, www.ohchr.org. February 03, 2014.
Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
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“Not taking the Bible (or other texts based on 'revealed truths') literally leaves it up to the reader to cherry-pick elements for belief. There exists no guide for such cherry-picking, and zero religious sanction for it.”
“If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.”
“I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures.”
“I pray thee, sir, forgive me for the mess/And whether I shot first, I'll not confess. - Han Solo”
“We are America; we don't torture. And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train.”
Source : "Shepard Smith Uncensored:'We Are America, We Do Not F**king Torture!'" by Nico Pitney, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 23, 2009.
“I have a pretty wide range of musical tastes.”
Source : "Lee DeWyze’s exit interview". Le DeWyze's Final National Media Conference Call, idol.blogs.pressdemocrat.com. May 28, 2010.
“Knowing that I make somebody's day better is all that matters at the end of the day.”
“On the one hand it is said that the aim and object of music is to excite emotions, i.e., pleasurable emotions; on the other hand, the emotions are said to be the subject matter which musical works are intended to illustrate. Both propositions are alike in this, that one is as false as the other.”
