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There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself.
Every rule in the book can be broken, except one - be who you are, and become all you were meant to be.
Universal brotherhood is not even a beautiful dream. Antagonism is essential to man's greatest efforts.
If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.
Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.
Obama, for all his brilliance, has no real, felt understanding of management structures or of business.
The vaults of Buckingham palace are groaning with priceless, useless freebies from foreign dignitaries.
He was in the right place at the right time, but he might have been elsewhere on a different afternoon.
Anytime a movie or television show retreats into certain American pasts, I'm both annoyed and relieved.
My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later.
If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind.
Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.
Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.
Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It's like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
Henry Miller may write about revelers self-woven into a human hooked rug, because his ecstasy is solemn.
Pearl Harbor is strenuously respectful of contemporary sensitivities, sometimes at the cost of accuracy.
Tony's [Blair] convinced I'm going to find God. I do have spiritual moments, but I don't think it's God.
I used to be very routine-based and the new thing in my life is not having a clear, full-time existence.
Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
Happiness has not to all the same name: to Youth she is known as the Future; Age knows her as the Dream.
While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.
One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.
It's hard to come to terms with the fact that you aren't going to be loved the way you want to be loved.
The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it.
In truth, a leader should either apologize, mean it and do something about it - or not apologize at all.
Tiptoeing on a tightrope past insider trading laws may be deft and clever, but it doesn't make it right.
Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control.
The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s.
Discontented women are like pressure cookers. The steam rises and one day they just reach boiling point.
Listen to your dreams. They are the whispers of your heart telling you all you'll ever need to be happy.
It is assumed that when anyone gets into debt, the fault is entirely and always the fault of the lender.
A city built on rivers and bituminous coal, Pittsburgh in the '90s has survived the boom and bust years.
The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.
we like fixed rules because that ends thinking and we can rest. But there is no resting place down here.
Humanitarianism is commendable, but not when you're demanding that others share the burdens and expense.
Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.
Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.
Of all the exotic aromas and experiences from my sojourn in Ethiopia, it’s the frankincense I miss most.
There are serious worries about unconventional gas and oil, especially those concerning the environment.
Pride of opinion has been responsible for the downfall of more men on Wall Street than any other factor.
Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people.... We are a nation rich in rivers.
You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.
I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters.
Mayer Hawthorne's old school pop-R&B homages are so meticulous that it's tempting to overrate his pipes.
If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
What is more important for the world right now than preserving ways of living in balance with the earth?
I like to think that Not For Sale is the Juniper Networks of the social section, a disruptive innovator.
Courage, I now see, is a journey involving self-doubt and self-examination, with the end never in sight.