"Development is a fundamental part of our national security. It is extreme poverty- the realities of access to water and food- which create the long-term drivers of our insecurity. Most wars are fought over scarce resources and that is going to accelerate in the future."

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Source : "Rajiv Shah: Our aid work is for the American people". Interview with Madeleine Bunting, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2011.

Rajiv Shah

#War Quotes #Reality Quotes #Water Quotes

“The universe is nothing without the things that live in it, and everything that lives, eats.”

Source : Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (2009). “The Physiology of Taste: or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy”, p.15, Vintage
“This is possibly the most shameful situation I've ever gotten myself in in my life, and I've done some pretty dumb things in my life. So to actually make a new No. 1 is spectacularly stupid.”
“You put your heart and soul into something, and you really hope that people love it as much as you do.”
“If I weren't playing baseball, I would be a radio or sports broadcaster. In college at South Carolina I did some stuff with the radio station and really liked it.”
“I get that that the violent illegal immigrants will be removed from the country. But what I am not hearing and I am wondering, for people out there - and, look, itâ€™s not just the liberal media, right? Itâ€™s also conservatives. Itâ€™s Rush Limbaugh. Itâ€™s Governor Sarah Palin. Itâ€™s other people who want Donald Trump to win who are saying, wow, it sounds like he is really backing away from this deportation forceâ€¦”

Source : "Trump team dodges and ducks". www.washingtonpost.com. August 29, 2016.
“I have a small child. Being a parent takes a lot of time. People always ask me, "What movies have you watched lately?" I tell them, "Finding 'Nemo' ... 'Shrek' ...”
“I believe scientists have a duty to share the excitement and pleasure of their work with the general public, and I enjoy the challenge of presenting difficult ideas in an understandable way.”
“In proportion as the exploitation of one individual by another is put an end to, the exploitation of one nation by another will also be put an end to. In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end.”

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