"You know, the truth is that right after 9/11, I had a (flag) pin. Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking about the Iraq war, that became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest..."

-- Barack Obama

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Talking Quotes

“I find as I grow older that I love those most whom I loved first.”
“On July 18, we will mark the 12th anniversary of the senseless loss of 85 lives in the bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.”
“Though life is made up of mere bubbles 'tis better than many have, for while we've a whole lot of troubles the most of them never occur.”

Source : Nixon Waterman (2017). “Boy Wanted”, p.64, Litres
“I"ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me.”
“People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.”
“Right now, with millions of Americans still out of work, and struggling to recover from the worst economic downturn since the great depression, with 40 million Americans dealing with student loans, with millions of people working full-time at minimum wage and still living in poverty, with the big banks getting bigger and the workers getting poorer, and seniors struggling to make ends meet, Republicans in Washington have decided the most important thing for them to focus on is how to deny women access to birth control.”
“Man was never meant to be a god, but he is forever trying to deify himself.”
“Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow.”

Source : Wassily Kandinsky (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of Wassily Kandinsky (Illustrated)”, p.419, Delphi Classics

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