"During the Cold War era, the issue was the containment of Soviet influence, and we tolerated many an authoritarian regime as long as they were useful to us in this respect."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Zalmay Khalilzad

#War Quotes #Issues Quotes #Long Quotes

“The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States.”
“Our work is to make ourselves visible in the world. This is the soul's individual journey, and the soul would much rather fail at its own life than succeed at someone else's.”
“Christmas is not only where you find it; it's what you make of it.”
“Study the great brush drawings of the Chinese and Japanese... When we try to imitate their conventions for perspective, form and texture we lose the content, because those artists were part of an ancient tradition. Our tradition changes rapidly, our schools of thought come to fruition quickly and decay again. We see differently.”
“Advertising is the life of trade.”
“Richness is not about what you have. It is about who you are.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Apr 21, 2017
“You want to see an angry person? Let me hear a cell phone go off.”
“I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.”

Source : "I was seen as either a junkie or a drunk". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2008.

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