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War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. George Orwell

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Winston Churchill

Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan. Uma Thurman

The crow pecks at the ox to clean it -- not to feed from it. Bulgarian Proverb

There is no beard so well shaven but another barber will find something more to shave from it. Italian Proverb

If you are doing wrong, make sure you don't get fat from it. Cambodian Proverb

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