"I am well versed in reading the pages of war."

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Source : Janusz Korczak (1980). “The Ghetto Years, 1939-1942”

Janusz Korczak

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“What can I say: I got started on the whole wife-and-kids thing at a young age,”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Loneliness isn't about being by yourself. That's fine, right and good, desirable in many ways. Loneliness is about finding a landing-place, or not, and knowing that, whatever you do, you can go back there. The opposite of loneliness isn't company, it's return. A place to return.”
“The middle classes shouldnâ€™t be getting tax cuts, while those in tough, poorly paid jobs, who are already running out of money at the start of the month, are getting their benefits cut. Thatâ€™s not one-nation conservatism; itâ€™s two nations conservatism.”
“Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks.”

Source : Ian Hamilton Finlay, Alec Finlay (2012). “Ian Hamilton Finlay: Selections”, p.263, Univ of California Press
“Compassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort.”
“To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making pictures.”
“You canâ€™t hate someone whose story you know.”
“I have always run as hard as I can. You are not going to run any harder with or without men. You are running on your own two feet.”

Source : "Paula Radcliffe hoping to finish 'crappy year' with success in Berlin" by Barney Ronay, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2011.

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