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"To me war is something to be outgrown, recognized as immature, wasteful, and so destructive to life that human beings should shun it ... as they once shunned bubonic plague."
"It is imperative that we should not only master them, but also act upon them, and act very definitely."
"There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things you know you should not do."
"What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth."
"I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst."
"All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also."
"History should be written as philosophy."
"We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises."
"Don't get roped into talking about something that you don't really have passion for, and don't get roped into something you don't have expertise in. Why should somebody listen to you? If you're going to take somebody's time, you better deliver."
"But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer."
"We should never let reality interfere with our dreams. Reality can't see what we can see."
"We should all have an opportunity to feel a part of something not just have a part in something."
"I have issued instructions that while handling the situation in Upper Assam innocent civilians should not be harassed."
"A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map."
"If you're working for a good company and you're happy there, and you're being compensated accordingly, and your work satisfies you, you should stay there."
"One should love animals. They are so tasty."
"As a poet I would say everything should be able to come into a poem but I can't put toothbrushes in a poem. I really can't."
"A prince should suspect everything."
"Nothing will demoralize the nation so much as that we should learn to despise labour."
"Under ideal conditions, the barrister and the bhangi (sweeper) should both get the same payment."
