"It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control over the entire Afghan territory."

“there was nothing like necessity to supply a lack of nerve.”

Source : Helen Nielsen (2012). “Detour to Death”, p.54, Prologue Books

“I was frustrated because I couldn't get going, as I was trying to figure out how to make films. I had various jobs, I taught a SAT class, I was a bartender, I had a day job at an office and was making short films.”

“If we can't preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can't imagine what rights we will be able to protect.”

“I want to be famous but unknown!”

“The process of writing a poem represents work done on the self of the poet, in order to make form.”

“Listening to people discussing a novel can be very interesting, if you've read whatever novel is being discussed. No one, it seems, ever says, "This is a great book but I didn't like it." Taking a little time to think about why this might be has been very liberating.”

“I don't have television so I don't watch TV.”

Source : "Meet The Vampire Diaries Actor Paul Wesley". www.seventeen.com. June 8, 2010.

“Of all the knowledge that we can ever obtain, the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves, are the most important.”

Source : Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1806). “The Works of President Edwards;: Life of President Edwards. Enquiry into the freedom of the will. A dissertation concering the end for which God created the world”, p.125