"Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country."

-- Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

#Country Quotes #Men Quotes #Patriotism Quotes

“He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. â€˜You your best thing, Sethe. You are.â€™ His holding fingers are holding hers. â€˜Me? Me?”
“Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.”
“My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.”

Source : "Nobel winner Mo Yan speaks up for jailed 'subversive' Liu Xiaobo" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2012.
“My dad was always my manager as far as I was concerned, even when I had another manager. At times he let me go with someone else who he thought could take me to another level when he couldn't, and he was right. But they were in it for another reason. He was in it because he wanted to see me succeed no matter what, and he made decisions based on being a dad as opposed to a manager.”

Source : Interview with Evan Smith, www.texasmonthly.com. September 2009.
“I'm hungry for purpose. I'm looking for still that reason that I bought a guitar and started a band, to fulfill a purpose, to manifest destiny as to who I am and why I am the way I am, and what I do. I think it's still about the music, the song and the story.”

Source : "A Minute With: Billy Ray Cyrus on Miley and his "Hillbilly Heart". Interview with Piya Sinha-Roy, www.reuters.com. April 17, 2013.
“When a rules man gives you a ruling, thatâ€™s it. Amen.”
“It was very strange, because my father [ Erwin Rommel] received the first call at seven o'clock in the morning. And [Hans] Speidel told my father, "I will call you up in one hour when I see more clearly what's going on." After an hour, Speidel said, "Yes, the landing took place in Normandy." And the German Navy had told my father that it was too stormy. And that the British and the Americans and the French can't come. And my father believed him.”
“Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. Our time on this earth is limited, I know that better than most. Life comes down to who you love and who loves you back- government has no place in the middle.”

Source : "Mark Kirk endorses gay marriage" by Breanna Edwards, www.politico.com. April 2, 2013.

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