"Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit."

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal

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“We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes. Our common ancestor with the chimpanzees and gorillas is much more recent than their common ancestor with the Asian apes--the gibbons and orangutans. There is no natural category that includes chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans but excludes humans.”
“The Supreme Court's 1947 decision which introduced the wall of separation between church and state 'has fueled a movement to sterilize anything in American public life from religion.'”
“There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that our appropriations should ever go hand in hand with our promises.”
“With regard to performance, commitment, effort, dedication, there is no middle ground. Or you do something very well or not at all.”
“Yoga is an internal practice. the rest is just a circus.”

Source : "The Power of the Last Practice" by Debby Kaminsky, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2015.
“It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone.”
“Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put into teams and sent into violent pursuit of a helpless ball.”
“Dirty Harry, for example. Clint Eastwood was not a rogue cop. He was a maverick cop, but he was a good guy.”

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