"First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war."

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Source : Alva Myrdal, Cecilia Åse, Yvonne Hirdman (2002). “"Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982”

Alva Myrdal

#War Quotes #Tools Quotes #Rivals Quotes

“Do I suffer for my art? Well, I get a lot of flatulence when I'm nervous.”
“Anyone who ever spoke to me would know I would never say the words 'get hitched' nxt time do ur research.”
“From that moment onwards, our loathsome society rushed, like Narcissus, to contemplate its trivial image on a metallic plate. A form of lunacy, an extraordinary fanaticism took hold of these new sun-worshippers.”
“When President Nixon said that the American people don't want their foreign policy dictated from the street, unfortunately, he said the most clever political statement I think he's ever said.”

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“I can see others in the sunlight; I can see our boats' crews and our athletic young men on the glistening water, or speckled with the moving lights of sunlit leaves; but I myself am always in the shadow looking on. Not unsympathetically, - God forbid! - but looking on alone, much as I looked at Sylvia from the shadows of the ruined house, or looked at the red gleam shining through the farmer's windows, and listened to the fall of dancing feet, when all the ruin was dark that night in the quadrangle.”
“Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.”
“Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.”
“Theyâ€™re going to ask what you said. And if I tell Mr. Twindell you said heaven will be like this, heâ€™ll be very disappointed. Heâ€™s counting, you know, on gold streets and angels and horses with wings.â€ â€œI see where that could be a problem,â€ Ian agreed, and he tenderly laid his hand against his sonâ€™s cheek. â€œIn that case, you can tell him I said this is almost heaven.”

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