Quotes
Authors
Neal Ascherson

"All human populations are in some sense immigrants. All hostility between different cultures in one place has an aspect of the classic immigrant grudge against the next boatload approaching the shore. To defend oneâ€™s home and fields and ancestral graves against invasion seems a right. But to claim unique possession â€“ to compound the fact of settlement with the aspect of a landscape into an abstract of eternal and immutable ownership â€“ is a joke."

-- Neal Ascherson

#Home Quotes #Unique Quotes #Population Quotes

“Streams and mountains never stay the same.”
“Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a rock guitarists time is spent playing rhythm, it's important to learn to do it well .. learning lead should come after you can play solid backup and have the sound of the chords in your head”
“What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?”
“There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.”
“I owe my life to blood donors. They went out, rolled up a sleeve and gave me another chance at life.”
“A really intelligent nation might be held together by far stronger forces than are derived from the purely gregarious instincts. A nation need not be a mob of slaves, clinging to one another through fear, and for the most part incapable of self-government, and begging to be led; but it might consist of vigorous self-reliant men, knit to one another by innumerable ties, into a strong, tense, and elastic organisation.”
“Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real.”
“No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task of making your own bread.”

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