"A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest. I think that kind of thing is an abuse of history."

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Paul Kingsnorth

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Abuse Quotes

“It is right for you, young men, to enrich yourselves with the spoils of all pure literature; but he who would make a favorite of a bad book, simply because it contains a few beautiful passages, might as well caress the hand of an assassin because of the jewelry which sparkles on his fingers.”
“I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say.”
“Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.”
“To me, this is not an information age. It's an age of networked intelligence, it's an age of vast promise.”
“Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.”
“You can't hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.”
“The only good life is one in which there is no need for miracles.”
“I hope that even if I go to jail, it will motivate more and more Hongkongers to commit to determine our future, instead of fully relying on those ruling class who have dominated our future.”

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