"We have a problem with radical Islamism and I actually think that we could work together with Russia against this enemy. They have a worse problem than America does."

-- Michael T. Flynn

#Thinking Quotes #America Quotes #Russia Quotes

“There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

Source : "In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent" by Toni Morrison, www.thenation.com. March 23, 2013.
“You need a story to displace a story.”
“There are some people that we know all our lives and yet never really feel we know them at all. But there are other peopleâ€”â€ Unable to resist the temptation, he ran a feather-light caress down the curve of her cheek with one leather-sheathed knuckle. The cobalt depths of her eyes flickered with response, but she said nothing, heeding his every word. â€œâ€”people we meet in a day, and instantly, it feels as though weâ€™ve known them all our lives.”
“It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man's hand.”

Source : Arthur Eddington (2012). “New Pathways in Science: Messenger Lectures (1934)”, p.163, Cambridge University Press
“Tis within ourselves that we are thus or thus”
“And we'd drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink... And now people don't drink nearly as much, for good reason. We're all a little wiser.”
“Humor has been the balm of my life, but it's been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana.”

Source : Lana Turner (1982). “Lana--the lady, the legend, the truth”, Dutton Adult
“I had trouble hanging around [Shelley Long] until we stood onstage together, and then I was in heaven.”

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