"We meet ourselves at every turn In the long country of the past."

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Source : Edwin Muir (1956). “One foot in Eden”

Edwin Muir

#Country Quotes #Past Quotes #Long Quotes

“I do not know why journalists insist on calling their stuff "pieces", when they are in fact little entities, attempting to have beginnings, middles and endings.”
“People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough.”
“I turned atheist in the 90s when India went through troubled times - communal riots, bomb blasts... Mumbai, where I live, was badly affected. I blamed religion; also, extremists on both sides - right and left.”
“MAN IS FUNDAMENTALLY AN ANIMAL. Animals, as distinct from man, are not machine-like, not sadistic; their societies, within the same species, are incomparably more peaceful than those of man. The basic question, then is: What has made the animal, man, degenerate into a machine?”

Source : "The Mass Psychology of Fascism". Book by Wilhelm Reich, 1933.
“In my final years in Green Bay, when I wasn't getting the ball, people would ask me why I never complained. 'Because these guys are my family,' I would say. 'I'm not selfish. It's not about me. It's about these guys, my family, and winning championships together.”
“Forget the complaints against complexity; instead, complain about confusion.”
“When it came to my art, I went my own way and did not follow the trends.”
“Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.”

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