"We saw the children and the women with their babies and then I heard the poouff â€” the flame had broken through the thatched roof and there was a yellow- brown smoke column going up into the air. It didn't hit me all that much then, but when I think of it now â€” I slaughtered those people. I murdered them."

-- John Keegan

#Baby Quotes #Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.”
“I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat.”
“When one analyzes the pre-conscious step to concepts, one always finds ideas which consist of 'symbolic images.' The first step to thinking is a painted vision of these inner pictures whose origin cannot be reduced only and firstly to the sensual perception but which are produced by an 'instinct to imagining' and which are re-produced by different individuals independently, i.e. collectively... But the archaic image is also the necessary predisposition and the source of a scientific attitude. To a total recognition belong also those images out of which have grown the rational concepts.”

Source : Letter to Markus Fierz, 1948.
“I think that the consumer is generally unaware of certain material facts, particularly the tax risk and compensation issues.”
“The first and the best victory is to conquer self.”
“I don't normally watch myself on the telly.”
“I'm more of a creative learner, ... I do very well in projects, but I was not good at memorizing all of that material in the introductory courses.”
“Different cultures have different audiences.”

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