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There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics. — Arnold J. Toynbee

The author was told by Fahir Iz that, during his military service in the neighbourhood of Erzurum just before the Second World War, he had got into conversation with a shepherd, whom he shocked by using the words 'Biz Torkler' (We Turks). 'Estagfurullah!' was the reply, 'Ben Torkiim, zat-i aliniz Osmanlismrz' (Lord have mercy! I'm a Turk; Your Excellency is an Ottoman). — Geoffrey Lewis

The literature has become too vast to comprehend ... It is ... difficult to grasp even for workers in closely neighboring fields ... There is much more reliance on word of mouth for the transmission of scientific data ... gossip. — Lewis Thomas

I'm learning as much martial arts as I possibly can. My show is packed with action. Enough to get a rise. — Traci Bingham

Great souls know the strength of their spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To be a writer is to constantly evolve and keep ones imagination expanding and that's what make a great author and artist. — Adona M. Pierre

I was fascinated by my own prom pictures. — Mary Ellen Mark

Everything has two handles; the one soft and manageable, the other such as will not endure to be touched. If then your brother do you an injury, do not take it by the hot hard handle, by representing to yourself all the aggravating circumstances of the fact; but look rather on the soft side, and extenuate it as much as is possible, by considering the nearness of the relation, and the long friendship and familiarity between you
obligations to kindness which a single provocation ought not to dissolve. And thus you will take the accident by its manageable handle. — Epictetus

In many ways, the idea of resilience is a more useful concept than the idea of sustainability. — Rob Hopkins

Even the busboys at the restaurants have a script to give you. Everybody is in the business. — Robin Wright