"There is a certain way of being human that is my way. I am called upon to live my life in this way, and not in imitation of anyone else's life. But this notion gives a new importance to being true to myself. If I am not, I miss the point of my life; I miss what being human is for me."

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Source : Charles Taylor (1994). “Multiculturalism”, p.30, Princeton University Press

Charles Taylor

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“The EU is on the brink of becoming a European Federation by the year 2010... I feel sure that Britain will fall in line.”
“To have the ability to withdraw into oneself and forget everything around one when one is creating - What, I think is the only requirement for being able to bring forth something beautiful. The whole thing is - a mystery.”

Source : Edvard Grieg, Richard Yates (2010). “Edvard Grieg: 16 Lyric Pieces”, p.24, Mel Bay Publications
“You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, â€œWhat if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?â€ Does that ever make you anxious?”
“Life comes first, an art not rooted in human experience is not worth a damn, but different kinds of minds have different kinds of experience, and all I ask of any man is validity; and there should be place for every type and kind of mind.”
“Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things.”
“If all would lead their lives in love like me, Then bloody swords and armor should not be; No drum nor trumpet peaceful sleeps should move, Unless alarm came from the camp of love.”

Source : Thomas Campion (1909). “The Complete English Works of Thomas Campion”
“I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse.”

Source : Sir Egerton Brydges (1824). “Letters on the Character and Poetical Genius of Lord Byron”, p.340
“I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed.”

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