"The Iran-Iraq war began the same year that I went to primary school, at the age of six."

-- Hassan Blasim

#War Quotes #School Quotes #Iran Quotes

“Every war has turning points and every person too.”

Source : Meg Rosoff (2004). “How I Live Now”, Wendy Lamb Books
“You need in the long run for stability, for economic growth, for jobs, as well as for financial stability, global economic institutions that make sure that growth to be sustained has to be shared, and are built on the principle that the prosperity of this world is indivisible.”
“It's an odd thing about love. When someone you love cries, your heart melts. But when someone you don't love cries, you look at them and think, Why are you telling 'me' this?”

Source : Jude Deveraux (2012). “Wild Orchids”, p.90, Simon and Schuster
“Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to 'green' capitalism, to make it 'ecological', are doomed by the very nature of the system as a system of endless growth.”

Source : "Remaking Society". Book by Murray Bookchin, 1989.
“As has repeatedly been stated, the underlying hypothesis, which in a number of cases has been supported by direct experimental evidence, is that each gene controls the production, function, and specificity of a particular enzyme.”
“I don't have any delusions of grandeur. I just want to make music that doesn't make me bored.”

Source : "A conversation with lead singer of The Almost and former Underoath drummer Aaron Gillespie". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“Opulent, civilized, and industrious nations, are greater consumers than poor ones, because they are infinitely greater producers.”

Source : Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, J.R. McCulloch (2013). “History of Economic Theory: The Selected Writings of Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, and J.R. McCulloch”, p.96, Coventry House Publishing
“But my point is that 'the death of God' is not something like the Battle of Waterloo or Magna Charta. It's not a historic event of that kind. For many people it hasn't happened yet. Others - to recur to an earlier question - are still in the phase of intense shock.”

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