"The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary."

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Source : "GMA: Transcript of Bob Kerrey Interview". Interview with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com.

Bob Kerrey

#War Quotes #Years Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough to work his way back to the sea, but waits for the sea to come to him. If it does not come, he remains where he is and dies, although the slightest effort would enable him to reach the waves, which are perhaps within a yard of him. The world is full of human lobsters; people stranded on the rocks of indecision and procrastination, who, instead of putting forth their own energies, are waiting for some grand billow of good fortune to set them afloat.”
“It's funny whom we end up choosing to love and who ends up choosing to love us. It's rarely the people we think it should be.”

Source : Robin Jones Gunn (2005). “Gardenias for Breakfast: A Women of Faith Novel”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security.”

Source : Sylvia Porter (1976). “Money”
“I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.”
“I think I am basically a happy person.”
“It is time to train British workers for the British jobs that will be available over the coming few years and to make sure that people who are inactive and unemployed are able to get the new jobs on offer in our country.”
“We want to be masters of our own destiny. We need no gods or emperors. We do not believe in the existence of any saviour. We want to be masters of the world and not instruments used by autocrats to carry out their wild ambitions. We want a modern lifestyle and democracy for the people. Freedom and happiness are our sole objectives in accomplishing modernisation.”

Source : "Ai Weiwei: the dissident artist" by Hari Kunzru, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2011.
“When God ignores you, the devil starts looking good.”

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