"We have put the Cold War behind us. We no longer count our divisions and our warheads. And I am Russia's first civilian defense minister in many centuries. We have become more pragmatic."

-- Sergei Ivanov

#War Quotes #Russia Quotes #Defense Quotes

“Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.”

Source : "Clare Balding: 'This has been the year of my life'". Interview with Alex Clark, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2012.
“If anyone has it rough at Guantanamo, it is the guards. They are constantly harassed and threatened by some of these terrorists. Prisoners tell guards, we know where your families are. We know where your wife is, your children, and we are going to kill them.”
“Redemption is prior to righteousness. You cannot be righteous until you are first redeemed,”
“I am very happy making lower budgeted horror movies.”
“The imposition of taxes has its limits. There is a maximum which cannot be transcended. Suppose the citizen to be taxed by the general government to the utmost extent of his ability, or a thing as much as it can possibly bear, and the state imposes a tax at the same time, which authority is to take it?”

Source : Henry Clay (2015). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Presidential Candidate, 1821-1824”, p.587, University Press of Kentucky
“It's almost better most times to not talk in a scene. I think you can actually express a lot more without words.”

Source : Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. January 5, 2004.
“What is outside is harder to change than what is inside.”
“Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman.”

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