"There's no smoke without mud being flung around."

-- Edwina Currie

“How can you have a security guarantee? The Europeans can give their security guarantees to Iran all they want in return for their stopping their enrichment. But as long as America says we're going to stay out here and we're not going to drop the stick, we're going to pound you if we have to, it's not going to work.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“The Europeans are starting to show that they're finally serious about the Iranian nuclear program, and they appear to be willing to use sticks against Iran. So I think it is imperative that the United States sit down with the Europeans and say, "Let's make this very clear to the Iranians. Either they can give up their nuclear program and their support for terrorism, in which case we'll given them all kinds of benefits. Otherwise, we'll join in comprehensive, multilateral sanctions that will cripple their very fragile economy."”

Source : "The Persian Puzzle: An Interview With Kenneth Pollack". Interview With Bradford Plumer, www.motherjones.com. January 24, 2005.
“A falcon hovers at the edge of the sky.Two gulls drift slowly up the river.Vulnerable while they ride the wind,they coast and glide with ease.Dew is heavy on the grass below,the spider's web is ready.Heaven's ways include the human:among a thousand sorrows, I stand alone.”

Source : Du Fu, “I Stand Alone”
“Life throws some curveballs at you and you go where it takes you.”
“The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself. They are in a lose/lose situation. If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot. So here is a dilemma which others have suffered before us, and for which as far as I can see there is simply no escape.”
“One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.”

Source : "Williams' clear vision: An NFL comeback" by Scott Ostler, www.sfgate.com. March 1, 2007.
“I suppose the short chapters and differing narrative points of view are quite "cinematic" devices, which came very naturally to me.”

Source : Stef Penney (2008). “The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel”, p.385, Simon and Schuster
“Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power....”

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