"Nationalism is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you."

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Source : "Old Divides Plague Bosnia" by Christine Spolar, articles.chicagotribune.com. May 14, 2007.

Daniel Fried

#Drunk Quotes #Alcohol Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“In April 2007 I learned that Yves Saint Laurent had a brain tumor, and he died on June 1, 2008. During those 14 months I had plenty of time to think about what would happen. There was only one solution: the auction. An auction establishes memory. That's what I want to do.”
“I stopped playing football because I'd done as much as I could. I needed something which was going to excite me as much as football had excited me.”
“I don't look like a lot of fun. I just don't.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“And freedom is what America means to the world.”
“If one does not wish bonds broken, one should make them elastic and thereby strengthen them.”
“What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.”
“Our intentions attract the elements and forces, the events, the situation, the circumstances and the relationships necessary to fulfill the intended outcome. We don't need to become involved in the details-in fact, trying too hard may backfire. Let the non-local intelligence synchronize the actions of the universe to fulfill your intentions for you.”
“A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.”

Source : Peter De Vries (2014). “Reuben, Reuben: A Novel”, p.150, University of Chicago Press

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