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# Short story

A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood.

## Quotes

* Anybody can write a short story—a bad one, I mean—who has industry and paper and time enough; but not everyone may hope to write even a bad novel. It is the length that kills.
** Stevenson, Robert Louis (1894). "Treasure Island". In Besant, Walter; et al. My First Book. London: Chatto & Windus.
* Our modern attraction to short stories is not an accident of form; it is the sign of a real sense of fleetingness and fragility; it means that existence is only an impression, and, perhaps, only an illusion. A short story of to-day has the air of a dream; it has the irrevocable beauty of a falsehood; we get a glimpse of grey streets of London or red plains of India, as in an opium vision; we see people,—arresting people, with fiery and appealing faces. But when the story is ended, the people are ended. We have no instinct of anything ultimate and enduring behind the episodes. The moderns, in a word, describe life in short stories because they are possessed with the sentiment that life itself is an uncommonly short story, and perhaps not a true one.
** Chesterton, G. K. (1906). "Chapter IV: The Pickwick Papers". Charles Dickens. New York: Dodd Mead.
* ... there are more goodish novels than there are good short stories, and I think a short story has to be very good to have any effect. And I think that you could probably... 100 short stories would be all there are, almost. Really great short stories. That’s probably not true, but there are so few really great short stories. A novel is a big bulky thing, you know. I suppose, well, with Kipling’s stories they’ve had a great effect, and O. Henry’s stories have. Shall we say that I think a great short story teller should have as much effect as a great novelist. I think that’s the answer, isn’t it, but there are so few. They really are. Maugham and O. Henry, Kipling, Maupassant. They’re not... Bret Harte’s done a few, but there’re not a great many.
** Alec Waugh, A Novelist on Novels. PSU Library Special Collections and University Archives Oregon Public Speakers Collection (March 7, 1960 Portland State College).
# Richard Vincent Whelan

Richard Vincent Whelan (January 28, 1809 – July 7, 1874) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Richmond and the Diocese of Wheeling.

## Quotes about Richard Vincent Whelan

* The zeal of Bishop Whelan in labouring under the most difficult and trying circumstances for period of twenty-four years is still remembered by many of the faithful, and often referred to as a striking example of genuine saintly piety.
** Edward Enos Weber, Diocese of Wheeling (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
# Dev Anand

Dev Anand (born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand; 26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011) was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. Anand is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.

## Quotes

* Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly.
** Motivational quotes by Dev Anand
* You create a work of art. You do not know whether it will get public sanction. Sometimes outstanding films do no business, and sometimes films which are not so good work.
* If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.
* Life is all about taking risks, if you never take any, you will never achieve anything.
* The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
* Don't be a follower, be a leader.
** 9 Quotes by actor
* Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right from the conception of an idea to its final execution.
# Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.

Kenneth Franklin McKenzie Jr. (born 1956 or 1957) is a United States Marine Corps general who served as the 14th commander of the United States Central Command between 28 March 2019 and 1 April 2022.

## Quotes
### Briefing on Withdrawal of US military forces from Afghanistan (2021)

    Opening remarks · "Defense Department Briefing on Withdrawal From Afghanistan", C-SPAN (30 August 2021)
* I'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate American citizens, third country nationals and vulnerable Afghans. The last C-17 lifted off from Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 30th, this afternoon, at 3:29 p.m. East coast time, and the last manned aircraft is now clearing the space above Afghanistan.
* While the military evacuation is complete, the diplomatic mission to ensure additional U.S. citizens and eligible Afghans who want to leave continues.
* Tonight's withdrawal signifies both the end of the military component of the evacuation, but also the end of the nearly 20-year mission that began in Afghanistan shortly after September 11th 2001. It's a mission that brought Osama Bin Laden to a just end, along with many of his Al Qaeda co-conspirators, and it was not — it was not a cheap mission: the cost was 2,461 U.S. service members and civilians killed and more than 20,000 who were injured. Sadly that includes 13 US ervice members who were killed last week by an ISIS-K suicide bomber. We honor their sacrifice today, as we remember their heroic accomplishments. No words from me could possibly capture the full measure of sacrifices and accomplishments of those who served, nor the emotions they're feeling at this moment. But I will say that I'm proud that both my son and I have been a part of it.

## External links

* Profile at U.S. Central Command
* Appearances on C-SPAN
# Anthony Zinni

Anthony Zinni (born September 17, 1943) is a retired general in the United States Marine Corps. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Central Command.

## Quotes

* I think it's (Israeli pressure for invading Iraq) the worst kept secret in Washington, everybody I talked to in Washington has known and fully knows what their agenda was and what they were trying to do; because I mentioned the Neo-Conservatives who describe themselves as Neo-Conservatives, I was called, Anti-Semitic.
** interview on the 60 Minutes, 21 May 2004
* The United Nations offers international legitimacy in what we might do.
** http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18094428/page/2/

### The Battle for Peace (2006)

* Nearly four years after our country invaded and occupied Iraq, Americans are facing the painful truth that our nation has failed to achieve the Bush administration’s ambitious goals for that tragic land.
* We promised the Iraqi people freedom, democracy, security and a new and far better life.
* Yet, here we are, long and difficult years into that conflict,” ... “we still have not created the state we promised them. On the contrary, our costly and valiant efforts have produced an outcome our government did not predict or intend—a failed state spinning out of control into anarchy and civil war.
** Pages 227-228 of The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose, ISBN 978-1403971746 (released in March 2006)

### Before the First Shots Are Fired (2014)

* When I joined the United States Marine Corps as an eighteen-year-old in 1961, I would have told you that wars are always decided entirely on the battlefield. That's where the generals win or lose. I retired in 2000 after four decades of service and multiple experiences in wars and military interventions. By then I had come to realize that there is more to it than that. Political decisions, intelligence estimates, strategies (or their absence), and many other non-battlefield components influenced outcomes to a far greater degree than that eighteen-year-old new Marine could have ever imagined. These off the battlefield components have become increasingly significant as each new intervention is attempted in today's complex world.
** p. ix
* How the hell did we get here?" is the question we are left with when the smoke clears. And, inevitably, the answers we get from the men and women who lead us into these commitments are laced with excuses. "We can never know how things will turn out," they tell us with a bewildered shrug. "It's the nature of war to be unpredictable." Or they say, "The burden of all our responsibilities and the crisis response timing made clear planning and actions impossible." Or, "Every war is different." These are copouts.
** p. 3

## External links

* http://www.generalzinni.com/
# 1923 (TV series)

1923 (also known as Yellowstone: 1923) is an American Western drama television series, which premiered on Paramount+ on December 18, 2022. It also serves as a second prequel to the main series Yellowstone and a sequel to the first spinoff series 1883.

## Season 1
### 1x01: 1923

    Sister Mary: What is lye?
    Teonna: It's... It's from ashes.
    Sister Mary: What is from ashes?
    Teonna: The Alkaline?
    Sister Mary: [whips Teonna with a steel ruler] Alkali. How do you get alkali? [slaps Teonna again] How?
    Teonna: I don't know.
    Sister Mary: Why don't you know? It was in yesterday's lecture.
    Teonna: I can't remember.
    Sister Mary: Yes, you do.
    Teonna: [while Sister Mary slaps her wrists with the ruler] I don't! I DON'T!!! [as Sister Mary slaps Teonna, Teonna angrily curses her in Native American language and Sister Mary was stunned]
    Sister Mary: [slaps Teonna with the ruler repeatedly] YOU WILL NOT SPEAK THAT GODLESS FILTH IN MY--!!!! [Teonna furiously stands up from her desk and brutally attacks Sister Mary while the other students look on]

### 1x06: One Ocean Closer to Destiny

* I don't know what hell is but it ain't worse than Chicago.
** Clive

## External links

* 1923 quotes at the Internet Movie Database
# Arthur W. Radford

Arthur William Radford (27 February 1896 – 17 August 1973) was a United States Navy admiral and naval aviator. In over 40 years of military service, Radford held a variety of posts including Vice Chief of Naval Operations, commander of the United States Pacific Fleet and later the second Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

## Quotes

* A decision is the action an executive must take when he has information so incomplete that the answer does not suggest itself.
** Quoted in Time: ARMED FORCES: Man Behind the Power, 25 February 1957.
# William J. Crowe

Admiral William James Crowe, Jr (2 January 1925 – 18 October 2007) was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and as the Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Bill Clinton.

## Quotes

* When I was in the military I always made it my first mission to burn the enemy's crops!
** After being caught smoking a Havana cigar in the embassy, he was accused of breaking his country's strict embargo on all things Cuban.
** The Times Obituary (23 October 2007).
# Peter Pace

Peter Pace (born 5 November 1945) is a former United States Marine Corps general. He served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2005 to October 2007.

## Quotes

* I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral, and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the armed forces are well served by saying through our policies that it's okay to be immoral in any way, not just with regards to homosexual acts.
** Cable News Network (14 March 2007). "Top general: Remarks on gays were 'personal moral views'". CNN.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
* It is not as clear in Afghanistan which Iranian entity is responsible but we have intercepted weapons in Afghanistan headed for the Taliban that were made in Iran.
** Roberts, Kristin (17 April 2007). "Top U.S. general says Iranian weapons in Afghanistan". Reuters. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
* For Guido Farinaro, USMC. These are yours — not mine! With love and respect, your platoon leader. Pete Pace.
** Vietnam Veterans Memorial (October 2007), Washington, D.C.
# James G. Stavridis

James George Stavridis (born February 15, 1955) is a retired United States Navy admiral and vice chair, global affairs, and a managing director-partner of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation. Stavridis serves as the chief international diplomacy and national security analyst for NBC News in New York. He is also chair emeritus of the board of directors of the United States Naval Institute and a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

## Quotes

* Halsey was perhaps the Navy's nearest analogue to the Army's General Douglas MacArthur, a towering personality to whom the ordinary rules did not consciously apply. Halsey was never as overbearing as MacArthur, nor did he cross the red line into domestic US politics, but he was a political and strategic asset to Admiral Nimitz and the Navy's top commanders in Washington throughout the war. No one better exemplified the warrior spirit of the US Navy during the greatest trial by combat in its history.
** Admiral James G. Stavridis, U.S. Navy, Ret., To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision (2022), New York: Penguin Press, hardcover, p. 182
# Barry McCaffrey

Barry Richard McCaffrey (born 17 November 1942) is a former United States Army officer and current news commentator, professor and business consultant who served in U.S. President Bill Clinton's Cabinet as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He received three Purple Heart medals for injuries sustained during his service in the Vietnam War, two Silver Stars, and two Distinguished Service Crosses — the second-highest U.S. Army award for valor. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame at U.S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning in 2007.

## Quotes

* The situation is perilous, uncertain, and extreme – but far from hopeless. The U.S. Armed Forces are a rock. This is the most competent and brilliantly led military in a tactical and operational sense that we have ever fielded.
** As quoted in "The Bottom Line – Observations from Iraqi Freedom" (4 May 2006), Chaos Manor Special Reports
* There is no reason why the U.S. cannot achieve our objectives in Iraq. Our aim must be to create a viable federal state under the rule of law which does not: enslave its own people, threaten its neighbors, or produce weapons of mass destruction. This is a 10-year task. We should be able to draw down most of our combat forces in 3–5 years. We have few alternatives to the current U.S. strategy, which is painfully but gradually succeeding. This is now a race against time. Do we have the political will, do we have the military power, will we spend the resources required to achieve our aims?
** As quoted in "The Bottom Line – Observations from Iraqi Freedom" (4 May 2006), Chaos Manor Special Reports
* Trump is a potential disaster as commander-in-chief—uninformed, volatile, poor judgment. Hard to believe this is the candidate of a major political party.
** As quoted in "What Does the Military Think of Donald Trump?" (15 June 2016), Time
* We tortured people unmercifully. We probably murdered dozens of them during the course of that, both the armed forces and the CIA.
** Quoted in State-Sanctioned Torture in the Age of Trump, by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout (23 January 2017)

## External links

* Official website
# Feroz Khan Noon

Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon (7 May 1893 – 9 December 1970) KCSI, KCIE, OStJ, best known as Feroze Khan, was the seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan, serving in this capacity from his appointment on 16 December 1957, until being removed when the President of Pakistan Iskandar Ali Mirza imposed martial law with the 8 October 1958 Pakistani coup d'état.

## Quotes

* “I tell you this much that if we find that we have to fight Great Britain for placing us under one Central Hindu Raj, then the havoc which Muslims will play will put to shame what Jenghez and Halaku Khan did.”
** quoted in Talib, S. G. S. (1950). Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus inthe Punjab, 1947. Amritsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. **p34
# Munir Akram

Munir Akram (born 2 December 1945) is a Pakistani diplomat currently serving for the second time as Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations. He had previously held the post from 2002 to 2008, during which time he also served two terms as President of the United Nations Security Council. On 23 July 2020 Akram was elected President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, serving from July 2020 to July 2021.

## Quotes

* If we act now, the global goals are still within reach.
** Speech at United Nations, 2 July 2020
* The COVID‑19 pandemic is having devastating impacts by worsening inequality and poverty, jeopardizing the further implementation of the 2030 Agenda and compounding the existential challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss. It also shows that global solidarity and international cooperation are needed more than ever.
** Speech at United Nations as President of the Economic and Social Council, 21 September 2020
* If you are fair, if you are equitable, if you are just, you will not blame one side and not the other. If you were to go back to the issue of who started this (conflict), we all know who started this -- It is 50 years of Israeli occupation and the murder and killing of Palestinians with impunity that started this. “When you push a people into the corner, he will respond.
** Speech at United Nation replying to Canadian envoy, 28 October 2023

## External links

* Speech at United Nations, 28 October 2023
* Middle East Monitor, Online Edition, 28 October 2023
* Speech at United Nations, 2 July 2020
* Speech at United Nations, 21 September 2020, as President of the Economic and Social Council
# Masood Khan

Masood Khan is a Pakistani diplomat who is currently serving as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States. Khan also served as the 27th President of Azad Kashmir. Khan joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1980. From August 2003 to March 2005, he served as the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and International Organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2005 to 2008, Pakistan's Ambassador to China between September 2008 and September 2012 and as Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York, between October 11, 2012 and February 7, 2015.

## Quotes about Khan

* Coinciding with this development, Scott Perry, a Republican member of the US Congress, has written a letter to President Joe Biden, demanding that the US administration should “reject any democratic credentials” presented by Khan in view of his background as a “bona fide terrorist sympathizer working to undermine” American interests in the region and the “security of our Indian allies”. In a January 27 letter, Perry wrote that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination of Khan “can only be described as a breathtaking lack of judgement at best, and a demonstration of Islamabad’s unmitigated contempt for the United States at worst”. Perry contended that Khan has “praised both terrorists and foreign terrorist organizations – including Hizbul Mujahideen – in stark and unsettling terms” and “encouraged young men to emulate jihadists like Burhan Wani, a former commander of Hizbul Mujahideen who dedicated his life to a holy war against India”. He further wrote that Khan “lashed out” at the US in 2017 for designating the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen for sanctions, and willingly appeared alongside Harkat-ul-Mujahideen founder Fazlur Rehman Khalil, a specially designated global terrorist, in 2019. Perry referred to the US treasury department’s assertion that Khalil had a close relationship with al-Qaeda and its slain founder, Osama bin Laden. Perry also accused Khan of supporting the “Helping Hand for Relief and Development”, a group that has a partnership with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was responsible for killing 166 people during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. “A litany of examples accompanies Mr Khan’s perverse attachment to Islamic terrorism, which makes it exceedingly obvious that Pakistan has embraced its identity as a super terrorist state,” Perry wrote. “While I am encouraged that the State Department has reportedly put a pause on approving Masood Khan as the new Ambassador from Pakistan, a pause is not enough. I urge you to reject any diplomatic credentials presented to you by Masood Khan and reject any effort by the Government of Pakistan to install this jihadist as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States,” he added….
** “US holds up approval for Pakistan’s ambassador designate Masood Khan,” by Rezaul H Laskar, Hindustan Times, January 31, 2022
# Maleeha Lodhi

Maleeha Lodhi (born 15 November 1952) is a Pakistani diplomat, military strategist, academician and political scientist who serves as Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations, the first woman to hold the position.Previously, she served as Pakistan's envoy to the Court of St James's and twice as its ambassador to the United States.

## Quotes

* "There is the view that during the Cold War, Pakistan was the most allied ally and then, within the space of just a few months, we became America's most sanctioned friend."
** — Lodhi talking to The New York Times on September 30, 2001
# Zhang Jun

Zhang Jun (张军; Zhāng Jūn; born August 1960) is a politician in the People's Republic of China (PRC). He currently serves as the Ambassador of China to the United Nations since July 2019.

## Quotes

* We (China) are still at a very critical stage in fighting the (COVID-19) Coronavirus. International solidarity is extremely important and for that purpose all countries should behave in a responsible manner.
** Zhang Jun (2020) cited in "China virus death toll rises to at least 212 as WHO declares global emergency" on The Star Online, 31 January 2020.
* We highly commend the right decision made by the Government of Nicaragua (to switch diplomatic relations from Republic of China to the People's Republic of China), which is in line with the prevailing trend of the times and people's aspirations.
** Zhang Jun (2021) cited in "Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan to align with Beijing" on ALjazeera, 10 December 2021.
* The overwhelming view of the international community is clear: an immediate humanitarian ceasefire is the overriding priority. We will not stop but continue to make our efforts to save lives, to uphold justice and to pursue peace.
** Zhang Jun (2023) cited in "'US veto on Gaza ceasefire 'disappointing and regrettable': China" on TRT World, 9 December 2023.
# Liu Jieyi

Liu Jieyi (Simplified Chinese: 刘结一; Liú Jiēyī; December 1957 - ) is a politician in the People's Republic of China (PRC). He currently serves as the Director of Taiwan Affairs Office since 19 March 2018.

## Quotes

* Promotion of cross strait-ties is in the general interest of China, and improving relations conforms to trends of the times. It's in the interests of both sides. No matter the weather, people on both sides of the strait remain united with shared nationality, shared cultural identity and shared emotions. Despite ups and downs, the trend is still to go forward. People in (Mainland) China and Taiwan share a common destiny, and the yearning for closer relations is unanimous, and unstoppable.
** Liu Jieyi (2018) cited in "Xi reveals 'four reasons' he is confident China-Taiwan ties will improve" on Taiwan News, 14 July 2018.
* The difference in our systems is not an obstacle for reunification (between Mainland China and Taiwan), nor it is an excuse for secession.
** Liu Jieyi (2019) cited in "Mainland's Taiwan affairs chief: Reunification of China is inevitable" on CGTN, 5 March 2019.
* The two sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family.
** Liu Jieyi (2019) cited in "'1992 consensus' key to stabilizing cross-strait ties: Han Kuo-yu" on Focus Taiwan, 25 March 2019.
* People from both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family and should help each other.
** Liu Jieyi (2019) cited in "TAO head avoids sensitive terms at twin-city forum" on Taipei Times, 7 July 2019.