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“The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it.”
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“The world economy diffuses rather than concentrates wealth.”
Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.85, Princeton University Press
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“I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I continue to recycle in many different shapes.”
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“Return to the beginning. Enter by form. Clean your dojo. As you have every day, tie on the white belt and empty your cup. Pick up your guitar, tune, then play.”
Source : Philip Toshio Sudo (2013). “Zen Guitar”, p.177, Simon and Schuster
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“You cannot force me to agree with you. You can force me to act as though I agree with you but then you'll have to watch your back. All the time.”
Source : "Tactical Reflections" by L. Neil Smith, www.lneilsmith.org.
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“Without the frown of clouds and lightning, the vines would be burned by the smiling sun.”
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“Many of the political jokes that circulated in the Third Reich were directed at Goering. He collected them [all] in a large leather notebook and delighted in re-telling most of them to his friends.”
Source : Richard Overy (2012). “Goering: Hitler's Iron Knight”, p.236, I.B.Tauris
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“When I'm writing I get easily bored.”
Source : "Herman Koch Gets Meta In 'Dear Mr. M'". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 28, 2016.