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“There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults.”
Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers
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“There is no armour against fate.”
Source : 'The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses' (1659) act 1, sc. 3
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“Since the eighteenth century the immense expansion of the worlds wealth has come about as a result of a correspondingly immense expansion of credit, which in turn has demanded increasingly stupendous suspensions of disbelief.”
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“If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!”
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“A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy.”
Source : "Words of Art: Inspiring Quotes from the Masters". Book published by Adams Media, 2013.
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“There is no such thing as a happy ending. Every culture has a maxim that makes this point, while nowhere in the Universe is there a single gravestone that reads 'He Loved Everything About His Life, Especially the Dying Bit at the End'.”
Source : Eoin Colfer (2009). “And Another Thing...”, Hyperion
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“I didn't do anything spectacular when I won the Open in 2001. I hit the ball good, not great. I putted good, not great, but I think I missed maybe two putts inside eight feet all week.”
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“I started doing 'figures', then, one day, all of a sudden, I started doing abstraction. And then I started doing both. But it was never really a conscious decision. It was simply a question of desire. In fact, I really prefer making figurative work, but the figure is difficult. So to work around the difficulty I take a break and paint abstractly. Which I really like, by the way, because it allows me to make beautiful paintings.”