"What is meant by: "We mustn't give in to the terrorists"? We gave in to them the moment the first bombs fell on Afghanistan."

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Source : Terry Jones (2009). “Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror: Observations and Denunciations by a Founding Member of Monty Python”, p.6, Nation Books

Terry Jones

#Giving Quotes #Bombs Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Those things that hurt, instruct.”
“Well, I quit smoking three weeks ago and I had a hard day today not smoking.”
“I didn't want to sign with A$AP Worldwide at the time because I was going through some personal things and I had to go back home to my mother in Miami. I also just wanted to feel independent as a man.”
“I'm after a snake and please God I'll scotch it.”

Source : Adam Hochschild (2011). “King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa”, p.242, Pan Macmillan
“When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.”
“You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live.”
“It's good to keep changing your mind. It shows you're thinking. I'll only stop changing my mind when I'm dead. And maybe not even then.”
“Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed-chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got of their bark hides.”

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