"It is, of course, the first recourse of every elitist to see social barbarism in others."

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Source : "Don't confuse 'readability' with dumbing down" by Graham Joyce, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2011.

Graham Joyce

#Firsts Quotes #Social Quotes #Barbarism Quotes

“I wonder what it would be like if we all became what we wanted to be when we grew up? I mean, imagine a world filled with nothing but firemen, cowboys, nurses and ballerinas.”
“More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: 'Give them something to eat.'”
“If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your heard even, you experience them fully and completely.”
“It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.”
“I like to think I opened doors for other women, although that wasn't my original intention.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, p. 245 (To Leon Goldensohn, June 16, 1946), 2004.
“There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I'm the biggest sinner of them all.”
“I knew when the ball was going out (over the Green Monster). It was something I worked into the decoy, but it used to tick the pitchers off. Bill Monbouquette used to say, 'Can't you at least make it look like you can catch it?' Meanwhile, the ball would be on its way over the fence to a spot three-quarters of the way out to the railroad tracks.”

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