"We are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power."

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Source : H. H. Asquith's Address to the House of Commons on the declaration of war with Germany, api.parliament.uk. August 6, 1914.

H. H. Asquith

#Strong Quotes #War Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“When I think back about my immediate reaction to that redheads girl, it seems to spring from an appreciation of natural beauty. I mean the heart pleasure you get from looking at speckled leaves or the palimpsested bark of plane trees in Provence. There was something richly appealing to her color combination, the ginger snaps floating in the milk-white skin, the golden highlights in the strawberry hair. it was like autumn, looking at her. It was like driving up north to see the colors.”
“Writers in Latin America live in a reality that is extraordinarily demanding. Surprisingly, our answer to these demands protects and develops our individuality. I feel I am not alone in trying to give their voice to those who don't have it.”
“It is the first experience you ever had of reading a decent poem: 'Oh, somebody else is lonely, too!”

Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.95, Wave Books
“I attended the Columbus College Of Art & Design for a little while, until I realized they didn't take cartooning very seriously.”
“Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.”
“Fashion and all that comes after the music.”
“I wasn't attractive, I wasn't very verbal, I wasn't very smart in school. I wasn't anything that showed the world I was something special, but I had this tremendous hope all the time. I had this tremendous spirit that kept me going... I was a happy child, because I had this feeling that I was going to go beyond my body physical... I just knew it.”
“The Internet is like a town that leaves its streets unmarked on the principle that people who don't already know don't belong”

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