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“All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.”
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“To write with taste, in the highest sense, is to write [...] so that no one commits suicide, no one despairs; to write [...] so that people understand, sympathize, see the universality of pain, and feel strengthened, if not directly encouraged to live on. If there is good to be said, the writer should say it. If there is bad to be said, he should say it in a way that reflects the truth that, though we see the evil, we choose to continue among the living. The true artist [...] gets his sense of worth and honor from his conviction that art is powerful--”
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“Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a society like Afghanistan or Iraq is suspicious of outsiders and often resistant to change. I am not going to get drawn into the ethics of intervening in other countries. My concern is the practical question. Can you actually achieve change in this way? My guess is we can stop wars sometimes as in the Balkans and topple regimes - but that the other stuff - such as corruption is not within our power to effect and alter.”
Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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“My own parents loved each other very much.”
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“I think good taste is completely subjective. If you enjoy something, that's great! Enjoy it and don't let anyone tell you not to.”
Source : Source: www.mtv.com
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“Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk.”
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“The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition!”
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“Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.”
