"The logic of the heart is absurd"

-- Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse

#Heart Quotes #Logic Quotes #Absurd Quotes

“The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists.”
“Everything has changed. I cannot be used anymore. Those days are over. I know too much. What I do now, I do for me.”
“If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.”
“This is truly marvelous work full of mystery, nostalgia, joy, The Color of Whimsy.”
“There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.”
“Affirmative action was designed originally for "women and other minorities" but the phrase has become just another tortured euphemism. Female conscientiousness and eagerness to please have always made women good students and natural test takers. Jews have gloried in scholarship throughout the ages, and Asians of both sexes score so high on SATs and IQ tests that they regard affirmative action as an impediment. Affirmative action really means favoritism for blacks for the sake of racial peace, but the favor is pure chimera, and so, increasingly, is the peace.”
“I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach this kind of playing. I don't think it works in other music, other kinds of playing.”
“I love potatoes - they're my favorite food.”

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