Igor Ivanov Quotes
After four years since the beginning of the tragedy in the Balkans, we have to recognize the painful fact that this conflict has brought nothing but grief, suffering and destruction, ... There have been no winners in this war, nor could there have been any. Everyone has lost -- the Serbs, the Croats, the Muslims and Europe as a whole.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.
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My heart reaches out to those whose loved ones were lost on MH17.
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Only the winners decide what were war crimes.
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As a Westerner, the child of civil rights and anti-war activists, I embraced Islam not in abandonment of my core values, drawn almost entirely from the progressive tradition, but as an affirmation of them.
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Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
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A young girl's mother is her natural refuge in every perplexity.
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I have a small family, but they are all still in Perth, and I am still very close with my high-school friends.
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Nothing we learn about the universe threatens our faith. It only enriches it.
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After four years since the beginning of the tragedy in the Balkans, we have to recognize the painful fact that this conflict has brought nothing but grief, suffering and destruction, ... There have been no winners in this war, nor could there have been any. Everyone has lost -- the Serbs, the Croats, the Muslims and Europe as a whole.
