"Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind."

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Source : Walter Bagehot (1973). “Literary studies”

Walter Bagehot

#Mean Quotes #Mind Quotes #Virtuous Quotes

“We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held.”
“Poetry's always dead, you know? You don't realize how good poetry is until 15 years later.”

Source : "Christopher Wool & Richard Hell". www.interviewmagazine.com. November 18, 2008.
“I have a lot of intention behind what I put out there. The reason all this stuff I do works together, the environmental and social, collaborating with ballet companies to score a show, the bike tour - all of that stuff comes together through community building with music.”

Source : "Ben Sollee Interview | Activism by cello? On a bike?". Interview with Amanda Taylor, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“How much golf I actually play depends on whom you ask. My wife says I'm out there every day. If you ask me, the cricket is getting in the way of the golf.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.”
“It is staggering that in the 21st century, half of the world's population - that's three and a half billion people - own no more than a tiny elite whose numbers could all fit comfortably on a double-decker bus.”

Source : "Oxfam: 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half of the world" by Graeme Wearden, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2014.
“I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.”
“To really talk about African story, and teach this story, you have to teach that tribes were actually nations. You have to teach that chiefs were actually kings, with kingdoms. You have to teach that there was a structure that worked in Africa prior to colonialism. You have to teach that countries were colonized that were doing fine by themselves. And that's uncomfortable.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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