"One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war."

-- Paul Wolfowitz

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Political Quotes

“I, for one, love strength, daring, fortitude. I do not want people to kill the fight in them; I want them to fight for right things.”
“There's an easygoing nature that comes with a perspective of things that aren't as important as we make them sometimes.”
“You think you need me, little firecracker?â€ The gruff question travels all the way through me, and I have to press my thighs together to stop the tremor in me. â€œBaby, the way you need me can only barely cover half of the way I need you.â€ The unexpected sadness in his voice yanks my gaze back to his.”
“A fourth-grade reader may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the developmental process.”
“Winners are born, Champions are made.”
“My duty is not affected by what others may or may not do to discharge their own.”

Source : David Weber (2002). “On Basilisk Station”, p.86, Baen Books
“We can gradually grow into any condition we desire, provided we first make ourselves in habitual mental attitude the person who corresponds to those conditions.”

Source : Lawrence Allen Fowler, Thomas Troward (1995). “Theory of Creative Thought: Based on the Writings of Thomas Troward”
“I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.”

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