"...convince all nuclear powers, including those which have been more reluctant up to now, of the necessity to respect the "vital interests" of all peoples and to become fully aware of the profound truth of the following conclusion which the United Nations approved by unanimity four years ago: "Mankind is confronted with a choice: we must halt the arms race and proceed to disarmament or face annihilation"."

-- Alfonso Garcia Robles

#Years Quotes #Race Quotes #Profound Quotes

“Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary.”

Source : Michael Arditti (1996). “Pagan and Her Parents”
“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut”
“What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery of America.”
“Evolution is baseless and quite incredible.”
“I would get very frustrated reading scripts that were bilingual but maybe not bicultural.”
“I don't think I ever saw Hank with anybody, say, 'Let's go write a song.' One Sunday morning we left Nashville to go to Birmingham to do a matinee and a night, and he said, 'Hand me that tablet up there.' And he wrote down, 'Hey, good lookin', what you got cookin'' and before we got to Birmingham it was finished.”
“A life alert to simple pleasures, with perception cultivated and attuned to beauty, and a large capacity for friendship can serve us well come what may...”

Source : Stephanie Mills (2003). “Epicurean Simplicity”, p.206, Island Press
“He's a novice - he should keep his opinions to Japanese football”

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