"Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace." - Benjamin Netanyahu
"Peace is something very dear. If you've been through wars and operations and battles, you want peace." - Benjamin Netanyahu
'If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence." --BNetanyahu
"The heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives on this country's soil, lou are in the soil of a friendly country now. Therefore rest in peace. You are side by side with the little Mehmets. The mothers who send their sons to the war, wipe your tears away. Your sons are in our bosom, are in peace and will be sleeping in peace comfortably. From now on, they have become our sons since they have lost their lives on this land." - Kemal Ataturk, to ANZAC mourners at Gallipoli (1934)
"Around the turn of the 19th century, 'Turkish' music was so popular that piano manufacturers made special pianos with a 'Turkish stop,' also called the 'military' or 'Janissary' stop. The player would press a pedal that caused a bell to ring and/or a padded hammer to strike the soundboard in imitation of a bass drum." --Anonymous, entry "Turkish Music (style)," Wikipedia
"Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire." - Anwar Sadat
"The desolation of the headquarters of the Tropical Belt Coal Company had been screened from the side of the sea; from the side where prying eyes -- if any were sufficiently interested, either in malice or in sorrow -- could have noted the decaying bones of that once sanguine enterprise." --Conrad, Victory
"Despite the best that has been done by everyone – the gallant fighting of the military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of our servants of the state, and the devoted service of our one hundred million people – the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest. Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are we to save the millions of our subjects, or to atone ourselves before the hallowed spirits of our imperial ancestors? This is the reason why we have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the joint declaration of the [Allied] powers...." - Emperor Hirohito, surrender broadcast (1945)
"In the nation that is not
.....Nothing stands that stood before
There revenges are forgot,
.....And the hater hates no more."
--AEHousman, A Shropshire Lad XII
"It is my great desire to reform my subjects, and yet I am ashamed to confess that I am unable to reform myself." - Peter the Great of Russia
"The thing? Do you think Poirot concerns himself with that which is the thing? The turn-down collar is the first symptom of the decay of the grey cells!"
“Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.” – Deuteronomy 16:18-20
Poirot and Capt. Hastings playing *Monopoly* (American commercial board game):
Poirot: "I put a hotel on the Reading Railroad"
Capt: "You cannot put a hotel on a railroad."
Poirot: "But there is always a hotel near the railroads!"
Capt: "But that's not in the rules."
Poirot: "Well in that case then the rules are wrong!"
“Many and great are your sins - I know them all so well. You are the enemies of everything good; you take bribes; you refuse justice to the poor. Therefore, those who are wise will not try to interfere with the Lord in the dread day of your punishment. Be good, flee evil—and live! Then the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will truly be your helper, as you have claimed he is. Hate evil and love the good; make your courts into true halls of justice.” – Amos 5:12-15
"He can be terrible, and he can be mean, and he can be right. He's fighting a war: he's a great man."
--Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now
“You who believe! Be upholders of justice, bearing witness for Allah alone, even against yourselves or your parents and relatives. Whether they are rich or poor, Allah is well able to look after them. Do not follow your own desires and deviate from the truth. If you twist or turn away, Allah is aware of what you do.” - Surat an-Nisa’, 135
"Dan Kaminsky is a noob. This guy does not know the first thing about security. His boxes were a crazy combination of half-updated shit, half-removed shit, half-installed shit, half-configured shit. The lack of things working properly actually blocked a bit of 0day....Dan is a selfish jerkoff who is hated by the security industry and the underground alike"
--Zero for 0wned, "Dan Kaminsky 0wned to Fuck"
“Throughout thy kingdom let no wrongdoing prevail. And whosoever in thy kingdom is poor, to him let wealth be given.” – Pali Canon, Dialogues of the Buddha
"With the homage paid to that moment [a scene from [I]Bob le flambeur[I], shot just outside Melville's former studio] ]in Vivre sa vie and the brief shot of the hospital in Ménilmontant, these may be the rue Jenner's only appearances on screen." -- somewhat odd website devoted to finding RL locations with significant (?) interest to movie watchers.
“The law is reason free from passion.” – Aristotle
"The events which cannot be prevented, must be directed." -- von Metternich
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I like that!
“Justice will be achieved only when those who are not injured by crime feel as indignant as those who are.” – Solon
"We must not let the fine gentleman Old Crow escape. Remember Mr. President, the crow with the sharpest talons holds on to barley forever." --soldiers of a PA Civil War brigade writing to Pres. Lincoln in defense of their whiskey of choice
“I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – attrib. to Voltaire
--John C. Murray, We Hold These Truths, Introduction (orig. published 1958 as ""America's Four Conspiracies")Originally posted by Murray, SJ
“If, by supporting the rights of mankind, and of invincible truth, I shall contribute to save from the agonies of death one unfortunate victim of tyranny, or of ignorance, equally fatal, his blessings… will be sufficient consolation to me for the contempt of all mankind.” – Marchese di Beccaria
I was going to read in the Nicomachean Ethics tonight and it turns out my paperback is translated by this guy, Jules Tricot (Sorry, no English Wikipedia page, apparently).
Didn't know anything about him, apparently was just some guy who worked as a functionary for the main French railway system who really liked Aristotle: "According to the Aristotle specialist Augustin Mansion, Tricot « created a personal work, while not pretending to be original, but rather taking his inspiration from better works [...] His great claim to fame is to have completely given the lie to the very inaccurate translations of Barthélémy-Saint-Hilaire »" (Apologies for my crummy translation, it's not my favorite thing, and not very good at mixing languages).
Interesting. I wonder if he was in any way part inspiration for....I think it was in Renoir's Grand Illusion, some guy in a POW camp who was always nattering on about his work on Pindar (the Gk poet).
Occasionally when the Olympics come around I sometimes fool around in Pindar, but I don't really consider Winter Olympics a real thing, so this is my compromise, and maybe I'll learn something too.
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"Knowledge is good." - Emil Faber
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“Now to what higher object, to what greater character, can any mortal aspire than to be possessed of all this knowledge [of the law], well digested and ready at command, to assist the feeble and friendless, to discountenance the haughty and lawless, to procure redress to wrongs, the advancement of right, to assert and maintain liberty and virtue, to discourage and abolish tyranny and vice?” – John Adams
"I call the darkness unto me.
From deepest depths of Earth and sea.
From Ancient Evils Unawoken,
Break the one who can't be broken.
To blackest night I pledge my soul.
and crush my heart to burning coal.
To summon forth the deathly power.
To see my hate foe devoured.
~Queen Moon reciting Eclipa's dark spell to destroy immortal/undestroyable things, "Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
"He got a real pretty mouth on him. You're going to do some praying for me, boy. And you better pray real good."
--motion picture, Deliverance
“Those who would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – attrib. to Benjamin Franklin
"I don't think, so, man, Those lights are off on purpose." attrib, to Landis, Akroyd, mot. picture, The Blues Brothers
“Justice is the end [purpose] of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison, The Federalist #51
"I''m undecided, whether to go (it) straight.
It's true baby, but I can't not make it this way.
Oh, baby, I just can't make it not this way.
Oh no I can't.
You got me worried, every night and day.
Oh yes you do me now.
Well I am just plain, and tired, sick of your funking [sic] ways.
<tenor solo -- Fathead? sounds like him>
"I'm singing. Hunh, Yeah. Yeah, but about rambling.
"So long baby.
Baby goodbye.
I'm going start rambling.
Rambling till the day I die.
Yeah baby, going to ramble, ramble, ramble,
And I'm going to get into something, until the die I day, yes I am."
--unkn. lyricist, as peformed by the Queen of Soul.
ETAno, I'm not going to clean up my "transcription" of the words -- close enough. But that's definitely two separate people doing acoustic piano. I bet some of it was Aretha , little bleed through in the vocal mike, and somebody else just filled in the rest in post.
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“The first duty of society is justice.” – Alexander Hamilton
"I don't mind company. Because company's all right with me every once in a while. Yes it is."
--unkn. lyric book, as sung by Ms. Aretha Franklin, "Dr. Feelgood"
"I've seen enough of the world to know / that I've gotta get it all, to get it all to grow." - Electric Light Orchestra, "Do Ya"
"Any man caught using cigarettes as currency spends a night in the box." (some movie)
“The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.” – George Washington
"This isn't a bar, Ordell: you don't have a tab."
--mot. pict. adapt. of E.James, Rum Punch, as Jackie Brown
"Is she dead? Is she dead, yes or no?" - Ordell
"Pretty much." - Louis
Also from Jackie Brown (love that movie!)
"Half a million dollars will always be missed." - JB
"Well, I hope you felt appropriately guilty about that!" --JB
"AK-47. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room, accept no substitutes." - JB
"The thing about the 0.45 is that it has a serious jamming problem, so I try to steer them to the 9, which is damn near the same gun."
--JB (?)
"You can't trust Melanie, but you can trust Melanie to be Melanie." - JB
"I got the women covered. And she ain't gonna be no rock whore!" --JB
Louis: "Who's that?"
Ordell Robbie: "That's Beaumont."
Louis: "Who's Beaumont?"
Ordell Robbie: "A employee I had to let go."
- JB