"I like to think I'm very grounded. I'm very grounded in my family. I'm very grounded in my community."

-- Gerry Adams

#Thinking Quotes #Community Quotes #My Family Quotes

“Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone, Do not weep. War is kind. Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment, Little souls who thirst for fight, These men were born to drill and die. The unexplained glory flies above them, Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom -A field where a thousand corpses lie. Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.”
“So I can very well say without hesitation that all those who have political power, even if they use it well have acquired it by demonic mediation and even if they are not conscious of it, they are worshippers of diabolos.”
“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.”
“A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.”
“We all do foolish things when we are in love. Don't we, your grace?”
“Detective fiction could not have existed without Edgar Allan Poe.”

Source : "A one-word response to Engdahl" by Giles Foden, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2008.
“So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families, and recognize that kids belong to whole communities.”
“I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher”

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