"We wanted the best, but it turned out as always"

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Source : "Viktor Chernomyrdin obituary" by Jonathan Steele, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2010.

Viktor Chernomyrdin

“What is to give light must endure burning.”

Source : Viktor E Frankl (2012). “The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy”, p.57, Souvenir Press
“Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her?Never mind physically but betray her in his mind,in the very "poetry of his soul".Well,it's not easy but men do it all the time.”

Source : Mario Puzo (2012). “Fools Die”, p.2, Random House
“No man (sic) has learned to live until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. Length without breadth is like a self-contained tributary having no outward flow to the ocean. Stagnant, still and stale, it lacks both life and freshness. In order to live creatively and meaningfully, our self-concern must be wedded to other concerns.”
“People who stare deserve the looks they get.”
“Values will be adjusted, and enterprising people will pick up the wrecks from less competent people.”
“Your career you will only hear the drum of setback but it is time to shine! Whatever situation you have been facing - this is the time you have been praying for to shine, to move, to overcome, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!”
“Life isn't like a Full House episode. There isn't going to be an easy out to every conflict. There is no milkman, paperboy, or evening TV. There are good moments and bad moments and not everything will tie together nicely in the end. But that's life, and I think I'm finally starting to get it.”
“I don't think there's a military solution. If we funnel in more weapons we're just likely to see more of them turned against us by the people we're trying to combat.”

Source : "Does America even have a Middle East strategy?". Interview with Ezra Klein, www.vox.com. June 18, 2014.

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