"In particular, the efforts to reestablish peace after the World War have been directed toward the formation of states and the regulation of their frontiers according to a consciously national program."

-- Christian Lous Lange

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“If you cast really funny, talented people and let them do what they need to do, they're going to hit a home run for you without a script.”

Source : Source: www.rollingstone.com
“It is important to me to keep trying to push myself to try lots of new musical styles and approaches. To keep growing. It is my version of jumping out of planes.”

Source : "China Forbes, Lead singer of Pink Martini: Always Growing". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.
“He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ***** comprehend whether he carries on his back a library or a bundle of faggots?”
“Fighting, and the employment of force, even for the right cause, will not bring about good results. The oppressed who have right on their side, must not take that right by force; the evil would continue. Hearts must be changed. The rich must wish to give! Life in man should be like a flame, warming all with whom it comes into contact. The spiritually awakened are like to bright torches in the sight of God, they give light and comfort to their fellows.”
“How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.”
“Oh, how beautiful is the summer night, which is not night, but a sunless, yet unclouded, day, descending upon earth with dews and shadows and refreshing coolness! How beautiful the long mild twilight, which, like a silver clasp, unites today with yesterday!”
“The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail.”
“I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.”

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