"The influence of friendship upon culture differs from that of love, in that it assumes the basic idiosyncrasies of personal taste to be unalterable. Love, in spite of all rational knowledge to the contrary, is always in the mood of believing in miracles."

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Source : "The Meaning of Culture". Book by John Cowper Powys, p. 170, 1929.

John Cowper Powys

#Believe Quotes #Miracle Quotes #Culture Quotes

“Since the days of Adam, there has been hardly a mischief done in this world but a woman has been at the bottom of it.”
“I fell in love with dressing myself up.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In an age of iPhones and Playstations, it's great to see that somebody's still rocking the bus-on-a-string.”
“There are certain things people always bring up with me. The accident. The drugs. And how tight my pants were.”
“The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is not most clearly and indispensably necessary for the safety and well being of society.”

Source : Richard Henry Lee (1825). “Memoir of the Life of Richard H. Lee, and His Correspondence with the Most Distinguished Men in America and Europe”, p.61
“There are some times, when you can predict weather well for the next 15 days. Other times, you can only really forecast a couple of days. Sometimes you can't predict the next two hours.”
“Some of the things that I do, I think are very important and much more important than the radio show or the television show that I do or anything else that I do. I think right at the top of the list is the basic thing. And of course the basic thing is to hopefully stop people from killing anything. And to create a non-violent diet for themselves, because a non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.”

Source : "Casey Kasem, voice of Shaggy in Scooby Doo, dies on Father's Day at 82" by Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2014.
“For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense.”

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