"All cultures are capable of democracy and liberalism. Everybody wants to be free."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Lawrence Kaplan

#Democracy Quotes #Culture Quotes #Want Quotes

“This liberal doxy must be impaled on the member of a particularly large stallion!”

Source : "A Confederacy of Dunces".
“Popular, You're gonna be Popular! I'll teach you the proper ploys when you talk to boys! Little ways to flirt and flounce! I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair, everything that really counts, to be POPULAR!!”

Source : David Coté, Joan Marcus, Stephen Schwartz (2005). “Wicked: the Grimmerie”, Hyperion Books
“In the medieval tradition, Beksinski seems to believe art to be a forewarning about the fragility of the fleshâ€“ whatever pleasures we know are doomed to perishâ€“ thus, his paintings manage to evoke at once the process of decay and the ongoing struggle for life. They hold within them a secret poetry, stained with blood and rust.”
“The most difficult secret for a man to keep is the opinion he has of himself.”
“The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is something that's just part of me.”

Source : "Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and Blink-182 on staying young through BMX". Interview with David Anthony, music.avclub.com. May 27, 2015.
“The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory”
“There are 41 million people who do not have access to a toilet in Pakistan and as a result they are defecating in the open. And open defecation has significant health and nutritional consequences.”
“I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year!”

Source : Stephanie Perkins (2013). “Anna and the French Kiss”, p.215, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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