"To make war upon rebellion is messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife."

--

Source : T. E. Lawrence (2015). “Seven Pillars of Wisdom & The Evolution of a Revolt (Complete Edition with Original Illustrations and Maps): Lawrence of Arabia's Account and Memoirs of the Arab Revolt and Guerrilla Warfare during World War One”, p.552, e-artnow

T. E. Lawrence

#War Quotes #Knives Quotes #Soup Quotes

“Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.”
“Itch to read, scratch to understand.”

Source : "The Pillow Book". Drama, 1996.
“I'm in mourning for my life.”
“Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society; in short, to the very conditions confronting us to-day. ... The rulers of the earth have realized long ago what potent poison inheres in the Christian religion. That is the reason they foster it; that is why they leave nothing undone to instill it into the blood of the people. They know only too well that the subtleness of the Christian teachings is a more powerful protection against rebellion and discontent than the club or the gun.”
“Ultimately, I don't know if love is an organizing principle we choose or if it's innate. I'm not sure the distinction matters to me much anymore; I just care about how we can reduce unnecessary suffering. I think that means learning to love in both the micro and the macro; engaging in ethical action at the level of intimacy and friendship, but also at the vocational level through our chosen work in the world, our right livelihood.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“While it is challenging working with a kid, because they're so of the moment all the time. My acting style is to try to take something from my life that the character can relate to and that I can relate the character to.”

Source : "Kyra Sedgwick Talks Loverboy and The Closer". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. June 21, 2006.
“The scene at a certain time was definitely boys; those huge warehouses were kind of violent parties, even. I think people in your immediate community made a nightlife scene that actually did break down gender roles and were along different lines of identity that had to do with race and experience in the '90s, rather than gender.”

Source : "Le1f’s Riot Movement". Interview with Shayne Oliver, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 9, 2015.
“The man in the ***** skin cap in the pig pen wants eleven dollar bills, you've only got ten.”

You may also like:

Alec Guinness
Actor
Anthony Quinn
Actor
David Lean
Film director
Gertrude Bell
Writer
Lowell Thomas
Writer
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Former President of Turkey
Omar Sharif
Actor
Scott Anderson
Novelist
Peter O'Toole
Film actor