"I think most of us secretly know â€“ and those of us at the radical middle are inclined to say â€“ that without such concepts as duty and honor and service, no civilization can endure. ... I suspect most Americans would respond positively to a [draft] if it gives us some choice in how to exercise that duty and service. ... Exactly the kind of choice my generation did not have during the Vietnam War."

-- Mark Satin

#War Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better.”
“Life is nothing but a memory. People who dwell on the bad ones aren't going to have a whole lot of good ones coming up.”
“Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.”
“You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.”

Source : "Randy Jackson: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2011.
“When you say â€œyesâ€ to the â€œisnessâ€ of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful.”
“One of the most crippling things we can do to ourselves is expect someone else to make us happy”

Source : Sue Patton Thoele (2016). “The Courage to Be Yourself: A Woman's Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem”, p.40, Conari Press
“Perhaps women were once so dangerous that they had to have their feet bound”
“Look, I think the notion that theres a dogma or doctrine of foreign policy that gives you a textbook recipe for how to react to all situations is really nonsense.”

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