"America is divided by a great argument about itself. Europe is divided by a great argument about America."

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Timothy Garton Ash

#America Quotes #Europe Quotes #Argument Quotes

“You really didn't see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn't it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.”
“An empty book is like an Infant's soul, in which anything may be written,”
“He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.”
“The reason I haven't had kids yet is because I was so focused on my acting career, hoping I could get something to break.”
“Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body.”
“...we cannot simply recommend love and compassion per se, for those unfold from egocentric to ethnocentric to worldcentric, and do we really want an increase in ethnocentric love?”
“Oh, no, I was afraid of that! I'd better go and hide.”
“I don't mind genre names. "Chillwave" is probably the last thing I would think of, but I don't mind it.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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