"...that both Muslim fundamentalists and the Christian right are today focusing their attempts to regain control in a rapidly changing world on frantic efforts to maintain control over women, particularly over women's sexuality. Moreover, given their mythologies about "holy wars," it is also understandable that they should use "divinely approved" violence to do so..."

-- Riane Eisler

#Christian Quotes #Women Quotes #War Quotes

“It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say, 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired.' [After winning his first Oscar after so many losses]”
“The need is not for the creation of new analytical techniques specially designed for the negotiation process, but rather for the creative use of analytical thinking that exploits existing techniques.”

Source : Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.360, Harvard University Press
“Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.”

Source : Warren G. Bennis (1997). “Managing People is Like Herding Cats”, Executive Excellence Pub
“The world is an inferno. It will burn until every nation has fallen, until all who oppose us are dead, until people see the true light.”

Source : Alexander Gordon Smith (2012). “Fugitives: Escape from Furnace 4”, p.70, Macmillan
“Now, I'm the most impatient person that ever walked the planet. However: for the best, you always wait.”
“I think just all girls are my mentors. I feel like I've learned everything I know from just being around other women and learning from them.”
“Because every book of art, be it a poem or a cupola, is understandably a self-portrait of its author, we won't strain ourselves too hard trying to distinguish between the author's persona and the poem's lyrical hero. As a rule, such distinctions are quite meaningless, if only because a lyrical hero is invariably an author's self-projection.”
“I love all kinds of music.”

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