"In the end the privatisation of war is not acceptable. We shouldn't be issuing these sub-contracts to these contracting companies because the people who run them are making millions. There should be no relationship between ex-politicians and them, like John Reid and Malcolm Rifkind, who are now associated with contracting companies having been ministers of defence. That's unacceptable."

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Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

Ken Loach

#Running Quotes #War Quotes #People Quotes

“I've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and perfection. Perfection can be the enemy sometimes. Some songs don't need to be told perfectly. Life is messy and has loose ends, and sometimes I think the songs should reflect that.”
“Being Slow means that you control the rhythms of your own life. You decide how fast you have to go in any context. If today I want to go fast, I go fast. If tomorrow I want to go slow, I go slow. What we are fighting for is the right to determine our own tempos.”
“You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the greatest doubts occur just before a breakthrough.”

Source : Surya Das, Lama Surya Das (1997). “Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World”, Broadway
“The â€˜Great Societyâ€™ has not worked and itâ€™s put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they donâ€™t have food stamps. If you look at China, theyâ€™re in a very different situation. They save for their own retirement securityâ€¦they donâ€™t have the modern welfare state and Chinaâ€™s growing. And so what I would do is look at the programs that LBJ gave us with the Great Society and theyâ€™d be gone.”
“A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise study of the Bible.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 38), 1895.
“I feel as if Iâ€™m waiting for something dreadful to happen, and then I realize it already has.”
“I'm not body-shy -- it's hard to grow up in the Summerlands, where clothes are solidly optional, and stay body-shy -- but that doesn't mean I enjoy nudity. Naked people are, by definition, unarmed.â€‹”
“There are two things you need if you are to uncover and communicate what is really happening in the world. One is to free of any dogmatic belief system. The second is not to give a damn what people think and say about you, or, at least, not to let that influence your decisions.”

Source : "Talking in Our Pajamas". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. Summer, 2008.

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