G.A. Henty Quotes
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I thought that I'd have a briefcase-and-power-suit career.
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Oil has become the principal wealth in the hands of the great Yankee transnationals; through this energy source, they had an instrument that considerably expanded their political power in the world.
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The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
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The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.
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I've been influenced by some of the greatest designers. Charles Eames. And Bruno Munari in the '50s in Italy - when they had to retool the industry of war into an industry to help society. In a way, I'm influenced by designers that were there at a radical time of change.
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I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
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Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.
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The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.
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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both.
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A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.
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By legitimizing Iran's nuclear program, removing the pressure of economic sanctions, and allowing it to obtain conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, this agreement makes the prospect for war more likely, not less.
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Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says "Bad war, good soldier." Only now are Americans beginning to separate the war from the warrior.
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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin.
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I have a random array of ball markers in my bag and don't use any specific one. Many are the plastic kind you find at almost any golf course.
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[Once plans for each eventuality are resolved, further] Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.
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No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation.
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It is a war of religion as much as a war for power.
