"To not be afraid in our world is the message that doesn't derive from reason, but maybe from this mysterious capacity given to humans which we call--not without a little embarrassment--faith."

-- Friedrich Durrenmatt

#Faith Quotes #Fear Quotes #World Quotes

“I spin on the circle of wave upon wave of the sea.”
“Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the endgame in Vietnam when Gen. William Westmoreland, the top commander in Vietnam, requested 240,000 more troops in 1968 for the prolonged war that also could not be won.”
“We were excited to win, staying undefeated is just the icing.”
“Hillary Clinton has reportedly accepted Barack Obama's offer to become secretary of state. That's what they're saying in the New York Times. Yeah, according to Bill Clinton, this is the first time in 20 years that Hillary has said 'yes.'”
“The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war.”
“I'm pretty tight - I rewrite, in some cases, 70 to 80 times before I show it to people.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“In our secular society, school has become the replacement for church, and like church it requires that its teachings must be taken on faith.”
“And just as I was climbing into that first-class seat, and wrapping myself in a blanket, just as I was adjusting my pillow behind my head, and having a sip of that champagne, and just as I was bringing down and adjusting my Thai purple sleep mask, I had an inkling. I had a flash. I suddenly thought I knew what it was that had killed Marilyn Monroe.”

Source : "Fictional character: Spalding Gray". "Swimming to Cambodia", www.imdb.com. 1987.

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