"It is simply not true that war is solely a means to an end, nor do people necessarily fight in order to obtain this objective or that. In fact, the opposite is true: people very often take up one objective or another precisely in order that they may fight."

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Source : Martin Van Creveld (2009). “Transformation of War”, p.226, Simon and Schuster

Martin Van Creveld

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“God gives you opportunities and I'm thankful that the Chiefs gave me this opportunity. I'm very grateful to be on this team. I'm just going out there to try and be the best player that I can be for this team and take it from there.”

Source : Source: prod.www.chiefs.clubs.nfl.com
“We experience a body experiencing an outer world. But really, the experience of the outer world, as well as the experience of the body, are not happening in two different places.”
“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.”

Source : "The Real George Washington".
“I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.”
“There will always be plenty of things to compute in the detailed affairs of millions of people doing complicated things.”

Source : Vannevar Bush (1946). “Endless horizons”
“Other friends have said, "I don't understand why you've used this trumpet-style sound rather than a real one when you know you can write for trumpet." But it's most important to get the energy right.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I just think that the collective experience of going to see a film is something you can't recreate.”
“There was never a choice to sing in English or French, that's the thing. We started a band and sang right away in English. You reproduce the thing you like, and most of the bands we liked were coming from England or the U.S. We also came to cherish the fact that there was no one in France singing in English -we were so happy Phoenix to be the first. Even if we are traitors to France, our country, which I'll never understand, because we talk about things that are very French.”

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