"It is indeed in many ways more comfortable to belong to that section of society whose action are not publicly canvassed and discussed"

-- Murasaki Shikibu

#Way Quotes #Action Quotes

“Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another set of civil wars in Europe again, ever. That was a fabulous success. It was so fabulous that people now take it for granted.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“The materialistic view of happiness of our age starkly revealed in our understanding of the word "luxury.”
“Though I never scruple a lie to serve my Master, it hurts one's conscience to be found out!”
“As a filmmaker, you have to understand the essence of the book and tell the story you want to see on the screen, and hopefully please yourself - because you cant possibly please everyone.”
“God in His law requires the death penalty for homosexuals.”
“There's five cameras, I don't know how many people in the audience... depending on where we're taping, there can be anywhere from 300 to 5,000 people, so the contestants are nervous”
“Sex and racism have always been tied together. Look at the thousands of black men who got lynched and castrated. The reason the Klan came into being was to protect white southern women.”
“My mental boundaries expanded when I viewed the Earth against a black and uninviting vacuum, yet my country's rich traditions had conditioned me to look beyond man-made boundaries and prejudices. One does not have to undertake a space flight to come by this feeling.”

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