"Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'"

-- Max Hastings

#Children Quotes #Clever Quotes #Believe Quotes

“The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.”
“An unjust peace is better than a just war.”
“Some French politicians have said that the European Union should drop sanctions against Russia so everybody can join together in this fight against the Islamic State. But we're hearing from French officials that [Francois] Hollande hasn't changed his stance. He's - he's still saying that sanctions shouldn't be lifted until the Minsk agreement has been implemented.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don't know?”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“John Wooden would say never mistake activity for achievement. Sometimes we think we're really doing well on a given day. But 'What did you accomplish?' is the question that we should really be asking not 'What did we do?'”
“Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 07, 2015
“Melody is the essence of music.”

Source : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Friedrich Kerst, Henry Edward Krehbiel (1926). “Mozart: The Man and the Artist Revealed in His Own Words”, p.7, Courier Corporation
“Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed.”

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