"Every youth movement presents itself as a loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled."

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Source : Greil Marcus (2014). “Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century”, p.20, Faber & Faber

Greil Marcus

#Trying Quotes #Movement Quotes #Youth Quotes

“Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. I do, too. Thatâ€™s what bothers me most, is being another unremembered casualty in the ancient and inglorious war against disease.”
“I should also mention that the Neue Galerie is piping music into the galleries where "Klee and America" is hanging, a practice for which vulgar is not even close to the word. Yes, I like Schumann's Carnaval, but I'm damned if I know why anybody thinks the paintings of Paul Klee profit from being viewed with Carnaval playing in the background.”
“Whole life have balance. Everything be better. Understand?”

Source : "Fictional character: Mr. Miyagi". "The Karate Kid", www.imdb.com. 1984.
“Wrestling with work-life balance is a luxury when working to support a family is a necessity rather than a choice. I think that focus is only partially a result of these tough economic times. I think it also reflects a bit of "having it all fatigue": women are worn out from feeling the pressure to excel at work, and be the perfect mom at home.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“I think we agree, the past is over.”

Source : "Subdued McCain Endorses Bush". David Jackson and Wayne Slater, The Dallas Morning News (May 10, 2000), as quoted in "Make the Pie Higher!", www.snopes.com. July 22, 2008.
“Honour is Virtue's allowed ascent: honour that clasps All perfect justice in her arms; that craves No more respect than that she gives; that does Nothing but what she'll suffer.”
“For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.”
“I don't get why prom is like a mini-wedding these days...No one should spend that kind of money for a high school dance.”

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