People always say that in England we lead shallow lives. Our lives must be shallow because we live in a country where nobody believes in anything any more. My whole life, I've been told: 'Western civilization? An old bitch gone in the teeth, ' And so people say, go to Israel. Because in Israel at least people are fighting. In Israel, they're fighting for something they believe in. David Hare
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  3. Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back. - Criss Jami

  4. He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. - Confucius

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  1. The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.

  2. We appealed to the conscience of the world. The world has no conscience. We have no one but ourselves." The fight. The struggle. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>The historic destiny. The return of the people. The cause: life therefore having a meaning and shape that eludes the...

  3. People always say that in England we lead shallow lives. Our lives must be shallow because we live in a country where nobody believes in anything any more. My whole life, I've been told: 'Western civilization? An old bitch gone in the teeth, ' And...

  4. Now it turns out that a few broadsheet film critics in Britain do indeed belong to a category of people who would have resisted Hitler when he came to power. So the great shame is, clearly film critics should have been running Austria at the...

  5. The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

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