"I never understood how anyone could feel small compared with the universe. After all, man knows how overwhelmingly large it is, and a few others things besides, and that means he is not small. The fact that man has discovered all this precisely proves his greatness."

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Source : Harry Mulisch, Paul Vincent (1997). “The Discovery of Heaven”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Harry Mulisch

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“Art is a Verb, not a Noun.”
“Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who believe in it. The people of America believe in American institutions, the American form of government and the American method of transacting business.”
“Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.”
“The ancient dialogue between reason and the senses is almost always more interestingly and passionately resolved in favor of the senses.”
“I do remember being teased by my cousins on my mom's side for not being black enough. And then I'd spend the summer with my dad and be sent to all white summer camps where I was 'that black girl.'”

Source : "Lauren London Exclusive Interview: ‘Under My Skin” (Part 2)". Interview with Kathleen Cross, kathleencross.com. June 2, 2011.
“What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the ***** crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It is for Denmark they are crowing. Crowing they are to be back in Denmark.'”
“But to say that Sarah Palin and the tea party movement is responsible for vandalism or threats is just a way to dismiss the American people and, and their dissatisfaction with this health care bill”

Source : "Laura Ingraham Throws Down With Matt Lauer on Today". www.newsbusters.org. March 29, 2010.
“One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.”

Source : Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.328, Hoover Press

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