"In dealing with the Communists, remember that in their mind what is secret is serious, and what is public is merely propaganda."

-- Charles E. Bohlen

#Secret Quotes #Mind Quotes #Serious Quotes

“I'm trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, â€œWell, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.â€ I decide to go ahead and like Boggs.”
“If you're not a feminist, you're part of the problem.”
“The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the '60s onwards it changed”
“The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning it are abundant. But never before has there been such a prima donna as Bobby. Already he has managed to alienate and offend almost everybody in the chess world. That includes officials, patrons, writers, almost everybody and anybody who might be in a position to help him in his career.”
“Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans.”
“When man violates man's laws, we send him to jail and point the finger of scorn at him. When he violates nature's laws, we send him to a hospital, give him flowers, and feel sorry for him.”
“What can be said about chronic hunger. Perhaps that there's a hunger that can make you sick with hunger. That it comes in addition to the hunger you already feel. That there is a hunger which is always new, which grows insatiably, which pounces on the never-ending old hunger that already took such effort to tame. How can you face the world if all you can say about yourself is that you're hungry.”
“Ignore your previous experience and go into the moment. Be Here Now. See what there is to work with right now in creating yourself anew. Life is an ongoing, never-ending process of re-creation.”

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