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Nobody puts baby in a corner. Nobody. — Rachel Van Dyken

Public opinion, or what passes for public opinion, is not invariably a moderating force in the jungle of politics. — George F. Kennan

Heroism is endurance for one moment more. — George F. Kennan

Instruments of coercion, once created, have a tendency to find their own natural masters. — George F. Kennan

A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live. — George F. Kennan

World communism is like [a] malignant parasite which feeds on diseased tissue — George F. Kennan

The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian. — George F. Kennan

The United States should not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse. — George F. Kennan

Start out the day assuming you know nothing. That's a good start to the day. — Art Hochberg

in no hurry to get back to Ashbury in the evening either. Not just because it's Ashbury, although the place itself is bad — Paula Hawkins

The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship. — George F. Kennan

An actual artist, living right under her nose. — Garth Risk Hallberg

No man who says, 'I'm as good as you,' believes it. He would not say it if he did. — C.S. Lewis

I loved Super-Monkey; always wanted to do something with him but it never happened. — Elliot S! Maggin

A guest of one's time and not a member of the household. — George F. Kennan

When Daddy goes to work, there's a mouth to feed, a point to life and a reason to do things — Robbie Williams

My life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad. — Eddie Murphy

Do precedes done.
No precedes none. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American. — Ming-Na Wen

could murder a plateful of eggs. — Diana Gabaldon

War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy. — George F. Kennan

The stories we love may not always fit neatly into a single time line, but they will always matter. — John Jackson Miller

The Red Army ... swept the native population clean in a manner that has no parallel since the days of the Asiatic hordes. — George F. Kennan

Experience in itself wasn't enough. The diary was my defense against waking up at the end of my life and realizing I'd missed it. — Sarah Manguso

One sometimes feels a guest of one's time and not a member of its household. — George F. Kennan

Perfect discipline requires recognition of infallibility. Infallibility requires the observance of discipline. — George F. Kennan