"Fears don't exist in isolation. They tend to rise and fall depending on what people think they can do about them."

-- Peter Beinart

#Fall Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“War cannot be used as a means to prevent or abolish wars. ... The idea of a war to prevent war is one of its oldest, and cruelest, tricks.”
“He [Paolo Sarpi] was one of the two foremost Italian statesmen since the Middle Ages, the other being Cavour .”

Source : "Seven Great Statesmen in the Warfare of Humanity with Unreason". Book by Andrew Dickson White, p. 3, 1915.
“Sentence structure is innate, but whining is acquired.”
“The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.”
“I would like, in my life, to always be doing things I'm proud of. I know that probably won't happen all the time. But I'd prefer to be telling stories I can be proud of and understand why they're being told. I do watch a lot of films and TV, but sometimes I think: "Why the hell did you make that then?" I won't say what they are though.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.”
“Bluegrass is really a big part of my background.”
“Thought is the thought of thought.”

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