"I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me."

-- Martin Gore

#Song Quotes #Important Quotes #Velvet Underground Quotes

“I wish always to be quoted as George Eliot.”
“Obstacles don't have to stop you.”
“In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage, are permissible.”

Source : Louis Althusser, Gregory Elliott (1990). “Philosophy and the spontaneous philosophy of the scientists & other essays”, Verso Books
“To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.”
“Only feeble minds are paralyzed by facts.”
“As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others.”
“Speciesism is a failure to empathize with those outside one's group. In general, speciesists simply disregard the myriad nonhumans whom humans intentionally hurt and kill. Who cares if millions of mice and rats are vivisected? They're 'only rodents'. What does it matter if billions of chickens live in misery until they die in pain and fear? They're 'just chickens'. They aren't human, so they don't count. Victimizers lack empathy for their victims, but absence of empathy doesn't justify victimization, whether the victims are human or nonhuman.”
“Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment I boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems switched off. Broken armrests took precedence over broken hearts. By the time the plane was airborne I'd forgotten England even existed.”

Source : Alex Garland (2005). “The Beach”, p.92, Penguin

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