"True power does not need arrogance, a long beard and a barking voice. True power strangles you with silk ribbons, charm and intelligence."

-- Oriana Fallaci

#Voice Quotes #Long Quotes #Arrogance Quotes

“That is the best Government, which best provides for war.”

Source : Algernon Sidney (1805). “Discourses on Government”, p.212
“I reject the idea that there is some sort of existential "clash of civilizations." I am an interventionist, but not a militarist. War should always be a last resort.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I just always have to cry out a breakup, and then I can make peace with it pretty quickly.”
“Others, one suspects, are afraid that the crossing of space , and above all contact with intelligent but nonhuman races, may destroy the foundations of their religious faith . They may be right, but in any event their attitude is one which does not bear logical examination for a faith which cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.”
“I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating.”
“When you go off in the world and make your life, and you come back to your home town, and you find your old high-school friends driving in the same circles, doing the same things, that's what Hollywood's like. It's a little block, little town. It doesn't really grow or change.”
“The first and most important impact of climate change on human civilisation will be an acute and permanent crisis of food supply. Eating regularly is a non-negotiable activity and countries that cannot feed their people are unlikely to be reasonable about it.”

Source : Gwynne Dyer (2010). “Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats”, p.8, Oneworld Publications
“You are only as good as your reach, you must hold hands with others”

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