"I sometimes read that it's time for German democracy to finally grow up. I don't see it as a sign of maturity if we treat military missions as something normal."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Guido Westerwelle

#Growing Up Quotes #Military Quotes #Maturity Quotes

“I didn't hear him because my two Stanley Cup rings were plugging my ears.”
“I had no fear of the stream's perils, and I listened with the greatest contentment to the quiet slap of water on rocks, the running whisper of the current, and the taps and creaks and croaks that rose with the mist around me. Overhead swing the glittering stars, and the bright moon shone down and lit the curling ripples of the water. At no time in my life had I been in greater danger from the elements, and yet if I learned that heaven is such as that night was, I should deem it a joy worth the dying.”
“In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together.”

Source : Ralph Washington Sockman (1933). “The Unemployed Carpenter”
“A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.”
“I don't speak Italian, but I do speak Moschino.”
“It doesn't matter how you grew up, or what you've struggled with in life - your mind is unscathed by any circumstance you've yet to live... and it's phenomenally powerful.”
“I am totally against plastic surgery. A lot of people think I have breast implants because I have the biggest ***** in the business. But I was a 34C when I was 17...They stay up when I wear a push-up bra. But if people could see me when I come home and take off my bra, how could they think these are fake?”
“His mother saw that he was not lonesome, and because she was an understanding mother, even though she was a cow, she let him just sit there and be happy.”

Source : Munro Leaf (1977). “El cuento de Ferdinando”, Puffin

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