"First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin"

-- Leonard Cohen

#Manhattan Quotes #Berlin Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“What gives life meaning is a form of rebellion, rebellion against reason, an insistence on believing passionately what we cannot believe rationally. The meaning of life is to be found in passionâ€”romantic passion, religious passion, passion for work and for play, passionate commitments in the face of what reason knows to be meaningless.”

Source : Robert C. Solomon (2006). “Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Life”, p.76, Oxford University Press
“Champagne... the wine of kings, the king of wines”
“It's pretty clear that Hillary Clinton was a deeply, deeply flawed alternative. She had the wrong combination of the internal political chops to muscle out all the mainstream nominations from the field, leaving only Bernie Sanders, who was unacceptable to the Democrats' party establishment. But she also had a real lack of political skill that would enable her to win the general election.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“People often say, "Riots aren't revolutions." That's true. The vast majority of riots never become revolutionary. On the other hand, show me the revolution that started without a riot.”
“When you're with your family you're with them and when you're working you're doing that. I definitely try to separate the time when I'm working and when I have my personal time.”
“Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like.”
“If you lend someone 20 dollars and never see that person again, it's probably worth it.”
“It's important in our talks with Abbas to hear how women are represented in peace negotiations, how Palestine views the position of women and how resources are distributed.”

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