"War is part of what I do, it's not what I do. It's certainly not what I am and who I am."

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Stephen Farrell

#War Quotes #Who I Am Quotes

“It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country.”
“If youâ€™ve got the comedy eye, you can look at any situation and see the humor in it while others donâ€™t.”
“The automobile, both a cause and an effect of this decentralization, is ideally suited for our vast landscape and our generally confused and contrary commuting patterns.”
“When enough women realize that birth is a time of great opportunity to get in touch with their true power, and when they are willing to assume responsibility for this, we will reclaim the power of birth and help move technology where it belongs-in the service of birthing women, not their master.”
“The guy [Tom Cruise] is a machine.”
“But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. Itâ€™s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral equivalent of plundering a ship and murdering its crew. But sharing isnâ€™t immoral - itâ€™s a moral imperative. Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.”

Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.27, The New Press
“The movies are celluloid hemorrhoids. No, worse: They're celluloid Bon Jovi.”

Source : "Hilarious crime comedy 'Pain & Gain' is 'GoodFellas' on steroids" by Kyle Smith, nypost.com. April 25, 2013.
“For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.”

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