"In any event, it is one thing to assert, then or now, that the Iraq war was ill-advised. It is quite another to make the horrendous charge that President Bush lied to or deceived the American people about the threat from Saddam."

-- Laurence Silberman

#War Quotes #Iraq Quotes #People Quotes

“It had to go in, but it didn't.”
“Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.”
“A couple days before the stunts, if I'm doing something particularly dangerous, I will go over every worst-case scenario in my head, like this could happen, this could happen, this could happen, this could happen. I try to think about that to where it's ingrained in me.”
“It's a new year, new year, new money, money!”
“Great joys make us love the world. Great sadnesses make us understand the world.”

Source : Kent Nerburn (2010). “Small Graces: The Quiet Gifts of Everyday Life”, p.110, New World Library
“Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.”
“Others may question your credentials, your papers, your degrees. Others may look for all kinds of ways to diminish your worth. But what is inside you no one can take from you or tarnish. This is your worth, who you really are, your degree that can go with you wherever you go, that you bring with you the moment you come into a room, that can't be manipulated or shaken. Without that sense of self, no amount of paper, no pedigree, and no credentials can make you legit. No matter what, you have to feel legit inside first.”
“Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.”

Source : Song: Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

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