"One should never send soldiers on a mission based on just good will and good intent. Unfortunately, that can mean one has to stand by and watch human rights abuses take place."

-- Thomas de Maiziere

#Mean Quotes #Rights Quotes #Soldier Quotes

“There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.”
“If you are my friend and say to me, "Please don't write about this," I won't.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Traditionally poetry is written in lines. But the prose poem is the kind of poem that isn't written in lines. It is lyrical prose that uses the tricks of poetry, such as dense imagery. This is a big topic of debate in poetry land. There's no perfect definition.”
“In the end countries, like people, are alone, and the real things that must be done have to be done without help.”

Source : Nayantara Sahgal (1963). “From fear set free”
“There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do.”
“Cut your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the day with the face of your soul unwashed?”
“Good literature makes your head throb heartlike”
“I was particularly drawn to Berlin because of its literal, concrete division. Two halves making a whole, or two entities that were altered doubles of each other? Twins that had been separated and kept in neighbouring houses and raised according to different sets of rules as a social experiment? It was irresistible as a metaphor for division in the mind, for a split personality.”

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