"I was a product of the times, the war, the occupation, the reoccupation, my 4 years in Britain, admiring but at the same time questioning whether they are able to do a better job than we can."

-- Lee Kuan Yew

#Jobs Quotes #War Quotes #Years Quotes

“I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.”

Source : "Is this it?". www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2009.
“There are no boundaries in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, for a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory; just as any country's defeat is a defeat for all of us.”
“Writers who pretend that everything they're doing is completely new are full of it.”
“Never love unless you can bear with all the faults of man!”

Source : Thomas Campion (1909). “The Complete English Works of Thomas Campion”
“The comic world has its own limitations, as everything does. I adore it, I respect it, but it's not going to take over all of me.”
“Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.”

Source : Joseph de Maistre (2017). “The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment”, p.257, Routledge
“A people's speech is the skin of its culture.”

Source : Max Lerner (1962). “America as a Civilization: Culture and personality”
“I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas.”

Source : "Spitzer Apologizes After Prostitution Case Surfaces". www.npr.org. March 10, 2008.

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