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Although there was some concern at first that prosecution targets were weighted against the Serbian side, this was allayed by the trial of Gotovina and by action (which still continues in a follow up court) against the equally brutal
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“Surrealism is not a movement. It is a latent state of mind perceivable through the powers of dream and nightmare.”
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“It is a dull and obtuse mind, that must divide in order to distinguish; but it is a still worse that distinguishes in order to divide.”
― Aids to Reflection
― Aids to Reflection
“America's core culture has been and, at the moment, is still primarily the culture of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century settlers who founded American society. The central elements of that culture can be defined in a variety of ways but include the Christian religion, Protestant values and moralism, a work ethic, the English language, British traditions of law, justice, and the limits of government power, and a legacy of European art, literature, philosophy, and music.”
― Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity
― Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity
“Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn”
― The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
― The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
“A rich and mighty Persian once walked in his garden with one of his servants. The servant cried that he had just encountered Death, who had threatened him. He begged his master to give him his fastest horse so that he could make haste and flee to Teheran, which he could reach that same evening. The master consented and the servant galloped off on the horse. On returning to his house the master himself met Death, and questioned him, “Why did you terrify and threaten my servant?” “I did not threaten him; I only showed surprise in still finding him here when I planned to meet him tonight in Teheran,” said Death.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
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