"Airport carpets are so much richer to both the senses and the intellect."

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Source : Source: www.cnn.com

George Pendle

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“Refugees, especially in their early years, are still caught up in the experience that made them refugees. And they're much more melancholic. They're much more oriented towards the past and towards the country of origin. That can make the process of becoming a part of the new country much more fraught for them.”
“In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries you have these great nation states hurling their young men at one another. The victory was really going to rest on who could do the best job of bringing up their kids to become efficient and effective soldiers. That's pretty grandiose, I guess, but I do think that, and thank God it's been the armies of democracy that have emerged from this as the triumphant armies.”
“I lived with people who had varied opinions, some of whom did not accept my Nazi views. I encouraged this. If a man said something that was critical of me or my ideas, I wouldn't consider him an enemy.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
“By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions”

Source : "We Choose Dignity" by Jens Stoltenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 17, 2011.
“Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.”
“It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.”
“I certainly hope 'Dragon' can leave some legacy behind.”
“The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth.”

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