#may

In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#another #because #community #cost #council

There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking about it. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#beautifully #element #error #fail #luck

I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#by the time #emotionally #grappling #i #make

When I was 25, Abba was formed. After Abba I made three solo albums. Maybe I have been productive enough. ↗

— Agnetha Faltskog

#after #albums #been #enough #formed

Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs. ↗

— Marianne Faithfull

#bad #come #expect #few #goes

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn't in - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on. ↗

— Richard Branson

#airline #create #else #experience #find

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life. ↗

— Fernand Braudel

#contradictions #despite #difficulties #everything #framework

History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all. ↗

— Fernand Braudel

#divided #history #into #may #move

There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority. ↗

— John Breaux

#american people #claim #could #everybody #first

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#mistake #mix #mixing #new #old