"It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies."

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Source : "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," Foreign Affairs, July 1947

George F. Kennan

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“The male has been persuaded to assume a certain onerous and disagreeable role with the promise of rewards -- material and psychological. Women may in the first place even have put it into his head. BE A MAN! may have been, metaphorically, what Eve uttered at the critical moment in the garden of Eden.”

Source : Wyndham Lewis (1989). “The Essential Wyndham Lewis: An Introduction to His Work”, Andre Deutsch Limited
“We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say â€” and to feel â€” "Yes, thatâ€™s the way it is, or at least thatâ€™s the way I feel it. Youâ€™re not as alone as you thought.”
“When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.”
“Shape is a good part of the fig's delight.”

Source : Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Fruit Book”, p.160, U of Nebraska Press
“Guess what I get tons of? Pussy!”
“I think I'm enjoying writing for me.I know what's in my head, so there's a little less margin for error, but I think I really would like to write for an artist, and obviously it really depends on the artist, and the sort of story I would do.”

Source : Source: ifanboy.com
“I think our shepherds, our pastors, can take for instance, Chapter Four [of Amoris Laetitia], 'Vive l'amore' ('How to live love'). It's a great catechesis. You can take it chapter by chapter, passage by passage, and work through it in the parish, in the communities. It's a great catechesis on marital and familial love. And I think as pastors, we can use this for our pastoral work.”

Source : Source: zenit.org
“I understood that menstruation - the indication that you're a real woman - stopped if you grew weak from illness”

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