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Philip Gourevitch

"I'm not pro-war. But I think war has been the dominant condition of humankind, and peace has been the anomaly - certainly sustained periods of peace that profit great masses of people - and I think war has worked, even awful hellish wars: worked to staunch fascist aggression in Europe, worked to preserve the Union after secession in the United States, etc. Not always, maybe not often, but to say never is to reject history in favor of a wishful unreality."

Source : "Ask the Author Live: Philip Gourevitch on Osama Bin Laden". The New Yorker Live Chat, www.newyorker.com. May 4, 2011.

Philip Gourevitch

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“Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.”

Source : "The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations". Book by Robert Andrews, p. 873, 1993.
“I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.”
“I would love to see some comedies about loser women.”
“The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue.”
“Physical growth is a function of time. No two-year-old child has ever been six feet tall. Intellectual growth is a function of learning. Spiritual growth is neither a function of time or learning, but it is a function of obedience.”

Source : John Bevere (2010). “The Bait Of Satan: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense”, p.59, Charisma Media
“When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.”
“...the need for a garden of rare palms and vines and ornamental trees and shrubs which would be near enough to a growing city to form a quiet place where children with their elders could peer, as it were, into those fascinating jungles and palm glades of the tropics which have for generations stimulated the imaginations of American youth.”
“Only in North America is it regarded as a major achievement to speak one language moderately well.”

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