"European countries need to make more of a contribution in terms of defence capabilities. It is not fair?to keep turning to our ally in the United States to contribute military forces to problems which involve our own security."

-- Geoff Hoon

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“I am, indeed, an absolute materialist so far as actual belief goes; with not a shred of credence in any form of supernaturalismâ€”religion, spiritualism, transcendentalism, metempsychosis, or immortality.”
“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.”
“Everyone probably thinks that I'm a raving nymphomaniac, that I have an insatiable sexual appetite, when the truth is I'd rather read a book.”
“To stop for years and then discover that the audience is getting smaller and smaller would be demoralizing.”

Source : "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.
“It was the sort of bone deep emotion that made him want to hold her tighter with one hand, and draw a sword against the world with the other.”
“Love is the last relay and ultimate outposts of eternity.”

Source : Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1902). “The House of Life: A Sonnet-sequence”, p.17, Library of Alexandria
“Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts; it serves as a check on our judgements, tries out our new ideas, keeps up our ardor, and inflames our enthusiasm.”

Source : A. G. Sertillanges (1987). “The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods”, p.56, CUA Press
“Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination”

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