"You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation."

-- John Abizaid

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“Theorems are not to mathematics what successful courses are to a meal.”

Source : Mark Kac, Gian-Carlo Rota, Jacob T. Schwartz (2008). “Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science and Philosophy”, p.155, Springer Science & Business Media
“I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.”
“If I lose, I lose. Ill do it on my terms.”
“Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.”
“Every demonstration of God's faithfulness to us is an opportunity for us to testify of Him to others.”
“No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount of experience or insight is going to rectify our deficiencies, our self-regard, or our cupidity. We have to learn that our desires do not find any real echo in the world. We have to accept that the people we love do not love us, or not in the way we hope. We have to accept betrayal and disloyalty, and, hardest of all, that someone is finer than we are in character or intelligence.”
“It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.”

Source : Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.
“I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds.”

Source : Reinhard A. Steiner, Egon Schiele (1993). “Egon Schiele 1890-1918: The Midnight Soul of the Artist”, Taschen

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