"The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened."

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Source : "Can Sanctions End Iran's Nuclear Ambitions?". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. November 21, 2011.

Stephen Walt

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“I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part of our happiness or misary depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, in our minds, wherever we go.”
“...if ever the sun rises upon Barbecue, its flavor vanishes like Cinderella's silks, and it becomes cold baked beef - staler in the chill dawn than illicit love.”
“Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets.”
“Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.”
“All parts of knowledge have their origin in metaphysics, and finally, perhaps, revolve into it.”

Source : Thomas De Quincey, James Thomas Fields (1854). “De Quincey's Writings: Essays on philosophical writers and other men of letters. 1854-60. [v. 14 stereotyped”, p.103
“You do know it cost money to put a t-shirt on your back? You do know it cost money have a house? You do know it cost money to eat? Get money, don't let these people fool you.”
“There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.”
“I am the princess of G.O.O.D. Music, the first lady of G.O.O.D. Music, the baby of G.O.O.D. Music. I'm kinda the spoiled brat right now. I could get whatever I want.”

Source : "Teyana Taylor is G.O.O.D. music's 'Spoiled Brat'" by Nadeska Alexis, www.mtv.com. April 16, 2012.

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