"The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion."

-- John Boyd Orr

#Appreciate Quotes #Arms Quotes #Territory Quotes

“I really enjoy being an actor!”
“I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.”
“We tend to value military heroes and Schwarzenegger types who are physically courageous. The heroics of doing the right thing every day even when it is dull and inconvenient are undervalued.”
“Love is like the lion’s tooth.”

Source : Emily St. John Mandel (2014). “Station Eleven: A novel”, p.160, Vintage
“I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.”
“Like every living thing its prime characteristic is a blind, unreasoned instinct to survive.”
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”
“For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.”

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