"I have no idea what the U.S. intends to do further there and what would be the reaction of the Iraqi people. I only know that the sole option is to leave Iraq to the Iraqi people."

-- Akbar

#Ideas Quotes #Iraq Quotes #People Quotes

“Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.”

Source : John Knox (1854). “The Works of John Knox”
“My husband is always telling me: 'We're on holiday - we don't need to have an itinerary!' But I always want to see as much as I can. Sometimes, I come back from holiday needing a holiday.”
“Helvetica was a real step from the 19th century typeface... We were impressed by that because it was more neutral, and neutralism was a word that we loved. It should be neutral. It shouldn't have a meaning in itself. The meaning is in the content of the text and not in the typeface.”
“I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons.”
“Micromanaging erodes people's confidence, making them overly dependennt on their leaders. Well-meaning leaders inadvertently sabotage their teams by rushing to the rescue and offering too much help. A leader needs to balance assistance with wu wei, backing off long enough to let people learn from their mistakes and develop competence.”
“Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's book - which might surprise you because I think a lot of people think it's the other way around.”
“Writing is fifty years behind painting.”

Source : Brion Gysin (2015). “Back in No Time: The Brion Gysin Reader”, p.131, Wesleyan University Press
“You can't measure success if you have never failed.”

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