"From 1789, perhaps even before that, it had been the willingness of politicians to exploit either the threat or the fact of violence that had given them the power to challenge constituted authority. Bloodshed was not the unfortunate by product of revolution, it was the source of energy."

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Source : Simon Schama (2004). “Citizens: A Chronicle of The French Revolution”, p.728, Penguin UK

Simon Schama

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“All works of love are works of peace.”
“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”

Source : "Courage: the heart and spirit of every woman : reclaiming the forgotten virtue". Book by Sandra Ford Walston, 2001.
“Human beings are just way more complex than they'd like to be. They like to be simple machines. And they'll set up fantasy scenarios where they're simple machines, and get hurt and do things they regret.”
“I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.”
“We presently have the technology ... fuel cells, solar cells, hydrogen ... the opportunities are amazing for clean energy.”
“You are a good young man," she said. "But I do not like husbands. I will never have another.”
“We've always been the development project that lived in a time pressured setting and always where commercial entities were relying heavily on releases in a certain time frame.”

Source : "Next generation browser: Pure open source software development comes of age". Interview with Dana Greenlee, www.tacomadailyindex.com. September 10, 2004.
“I very much believe in things unseen, both of positive and destructive energy, and I have never seen The Exorcist through from start to finish. I find it too realistic, frankly, and too disturbing for me. I absolutely believe in spiritual warfare and have experienced it in my life. So I respect Mr. Friedkin's extraordinary success with that, but it's not a picture I'll ever see.”

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