"A lot of populists after populism died just became socialists. At the beginning of the 20th century, socialism looked like it was going to take off. It didn't, of course, but a lot of people thought it was going to."

-- Thomas Frank

#People Quotes #Socialism Quotes #Century Quotes

“The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.”
“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”
“If there is aught of good in the style, it is the result of ceaseless toil in rewriting. Everything comes out wrong with me at first; but when once objectified I can torture and poke and scrape and pat it till it offends me no more.”
“I'd like to have kids at some point. I think I'll have a family someday.”
“I carry my awareness of defeat like a banner of victory.”
“There's a space at the bottom of an exhale, a little hitch between taking in and letting out that's a perfect zero you can go into. There's a rest point between the heart muscle's close and open - an instant of keenest living when you're momentarily dead. You can rest there.”
“Truth was, if you were going to believe something, it was best to believe in stuff that made the world seem a more interesting place.”

Source : Christopher Brookmyre (2012). “Not the End of the World”, p.3, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“When I audition for something, I don't even want to think about who the other actors are in it, who's directing it.”

Source : "Lauren Cohan of 'The Walking Dead' Admits 'Guts in Your Hair Really Is No Fun". Interview with Jennifer Hirshlag, www.elle.com. October 13, 2013.

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