"You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected."

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Source : "Blast from my past: 'What next?' Rolling Stone". Interview with Amanda Griscom, thomaspmbarnett.squarespace.com. July 8-22, 2004.

Rand Beers

#People Quotes #Succeed Quotes #Convince Quotes

“It's a matter of seeing the original meaning of all things. The world is full of all kinds of meanings. But our minds are so fettered by the lies and falsehoods they make for themselves, that they cannot see the beauty, goodness, or truth of those meanings. Only a mind that has become free can see such things...”
“Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.”
“Reading and writing is so important, and it's something I am really keen to promote. It's something that can be a bit lost these days with so much else going on.”
“Most of the music I've become interested in is hybrid in its originsClassical music, of course, is unbelievably hybrid. Jazz is an obvious amalgam. Bluegrass comes from eighteenth-century Scottish and Irish folk music that made contact with the blues. By exploring music, you're exploring everything.”
“The writer's genetic inheritance and her or his experiences shape the writer into a unique individual, and it is this uniqueness that is the writer's only stuff for sale.”
“Religion is the reaction of human nature to its search for God.”
“I propose to provide proof... that just as always an alcoholic ferment, the yeast of beer, is found where sugar is converted into alcohol and carbonic acid, so always a special ferment, a lactic yeast, is found where sugar is transformed into lactic acid. And, furthermore, when any plastic nitrogenated substance is able to transform sugar into that acid, the reason is that it is a suitable nutrient for the growth of the [lactic] ferment.”
“I think people in England take things for granted, we complain about our NHS system and yes it's not perfect but believe me it's far better than what they've got here.”

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