"After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith; they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat."

-- Martha Gellhorn

#War Quotes #Years Quotes #People Quotes

“A whole big, giant world full of men. Men with blue eyes. Brown eyes. Green eyes. And indescribable shades in between. Tall men. Short men. Skinny men. Built men. And all combinations thereof. Nice men (so I've heard, but never really seen). Mean men. Decent men, indecent. And who knows which is the best kind to have, to hold, to love? I'd say, with so many men in the world, it would pay to sample a few. Scratch that. More than a few. Lots and lots. And then a few more. And maybe, after years of research, you might find one worth not throwing back. But hey, the fun is in the fishing.”
“Sometimes the problem has to mature before the solution can mature.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 26, 2010
“As a journalist, you sort of grind away, taking rejections as they come, building on whatever advances you've achieved.”

Source : "Books: 'Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush'". www.washingtonpost.com. September 11, 2007.
“All flights are fuelled with Leprechaun wee and my bullshit!”
“We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But at the same time, you must understand that when you're running on a ticket, you're running with a team.”

Source : Thomas Harris (2009). “Red Dragon”, p.10, Penguin
“The most important thing is to keep creating and following my inklings as they come into being and acting on them.”
“I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.”
“Each time I wake,I think, At last, this is over, but it isn't.”

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