"The end of art is peace."

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Source : Seamus Heaney (2014). “Preoccupations: Selected Prose, 1968-1978”, p.112, Macmillan

Seamus Heaney

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“North Korea has certainly, in the past, used detainees to initiate diplomatic exchanges with the United States.”

Source : "North Korea Claims It Has U.S. Student In Custody". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. January 22, 2016.
“Hoping they bury me with ammunition, weed, and shells. Just in case...”
“There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.”
“Determination is number one! You have to be trained physically. You have to have a good mental attitude - wanting it and enjoying the thrill of going fast. There is a certain level of aggression with competing at professional racing level but you have to control it as it is a high reaction, fast sport.”
“All these feelings that you get before you fight or when you're fighting or training for a fight, it makes me feel alive, and I love that feeling.”
“In the stock market, when you are right, you make a little money; when you are wrong, you learn a lot of lessons, so you always win!”
“It's possible to transform the violent energy of our time into a culture of kindness. All things are possible through the openness of our mind, the gentleness of our spirit, and the act of understanding and embracing.”
“There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.”

Source : Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row

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