"The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them."

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Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Taylor Hackford

#People Quotes #Special Quotes #World Quotes

“If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself -- ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanity -- before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly.”

Source : Eugene O'Neill, Mark W. Estrin (1990). “Conversations with Eugene O'Neill”, p.37, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“It isn't a coincidence that governments everywhere want to educate children. Government education, in turn, is supposed to be evidence of the state's goodness and its concern for our well-being. The real explanation is less flattering. If the government's propaganda can take root as children grow up, those kids will be no threat to the state apparatus. They'll fasten the chains to their own ankles. H.L. Mencken once said that the state doesn't just want to make you obey. It tries to make you want to obey. And that's one thing the government schools do very well.”
“Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.”
“This sounds cheesy but when I would get in discussions with people about religion or spirituality, a lot of people would say, "I believe God is nature, there's God in that tree" - and I would think, What the hell are they on about? But it was about four or five years ago in Hawaii where that all made sense to me and I got it all, and I felt God was in the trees and in the grass and the flowers, and I completely understood.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I am among those who think that science has great beauty.”

Source : "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.
“The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. â€¦ The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.”
“I'm a big fan of Michael Morpurgo.”

Source : "Celine Buckens’ Horse Sense". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 16, 2011.
“In retrospect, of course I regret calling them (Charlton fans) morons. Imbeciles would have been more appropriate.”

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