"Thereâ€™s no condition one adjusts to so quickly as a state of war."

-- Alice Sebold

#War Quotes #States Quotes

“But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that.”

Source : "Donna Summer Revealed Her #1 Sex Fantasy & U Won’t Believe What She Said!". Penthouse Interview, www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com. September 13, 2015.
“The pleasure of the table belongs to all ages, to all conditions, to all countries, and to all areas; it mingles with all other pleasures, and remains at last to console us for their departure.”

Source : Brillat Savarin (2015). “The Physyology of Taste”, p.25, Editorial MAXTOR
“In college, my teachers were usually after me for going after comedy too much, leaning too much in that direction.”
“Have faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one”
“I believe one of the requirements of good leadership is the ability to listen - really listen - to those in your organization. An effective leader is very good at listening, and it's difficult to listen when you are talking.”
“The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious.”
“The Hollywood atmosphere of crises and continuous anxiety is a kind of hysteria which prevents people from thinking, and is not too different from the way dictators use wars and continuous threats of war as an emotional basis for maintaining their power.”
“Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context.”

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