"We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is."

-- Iris Murdoch

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“The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.”
“Of the 664 men who rode into the Valley of Death about 540 eventually got out of it again. By far the highest casualty rate was among the horses. Compared with the Somme or an evening in the Blitz, the Valley of Death was a piece of cake.”
“I think it's important to have a blend just as we need to have by the way a mix of different opera companies and different arts companies.”
“Fanzines are very important for sharing stuff that you're in to, with the readers and listeners. We met through the love of discovering music and it makes sense, to want to share that music with other people.”
“For, once man is declared 'the measure of all things,' there is no longer a true, or a good, or a just, but only opinions of equal validity whose clash can be settled only by political or military force; and each force in turn enthrones in its hour of triumph a true, a good, and a just which will endure just as long as itself.”
“Why did Americans smile so often? Was it out of politeness or because of a gay disposition? Whatever it was, I for one had never been spoiled with smiles. I found it very pleasant! ... I was beginning to understand that with Americans smiling was, as with healthy infants, a natural need. And my reaction was to respond in the same way.”

Source : SVETLANA ALLILUYEVA (1969). “ONLY ONE YEAR”
“Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!”

Source : Francine Rivers (2012). “Mark of the Lion Gift Collection: Gift Collection”, p.573, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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