"The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight."

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Source : "The Life of Hilaire Belloc". Book by Robert Speaight, 1957.

Hilaire Belloc

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“It is not making better people of others that management is about. It's about making a better person of self. Income, power, and titles have nothing to do with that.”
“As it has turned out, the whole relationship between men, women and children has tilted, to the disadvantage of women.”
“The successful implementation of creative ideas within an organization.”
“Even if I don't have the money to take vocal lessons, I'll practice in the house by myself singing out loud.”
“A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers
“I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.”
“I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.”
“Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.”

Source : "Portrait of the artist: Baz Luhrmann, director". Interview With Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2010.

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