"A bit of the vagueness of music stops you going completely mad, I imagine."

-- Sebastian Faulks

#Mad Quotes #Vagueness Quotes #Imagine Quotes

“Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.”
“With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of gems. Beneath the tangle of great statesmen and national culture he discovers conflicting regional political interests, sharp regional variations in political capacity, fearful defenses against excessive democracy, coercive conquest of weak states, and unintended consequences galore. Read, think, and learn.”
“A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.”
“Don't just go through it; grow through it.”
“I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name.”
“Reducing our desires and eliminating false neediness is the answer to resolving the nagging inner discomfort that we feel.”
“No person shall preach without the permission of his Superior. All preachers shall explain the Gospel according to the Fathers. They shall not explain futurity or the times of Antichrist!”
“After a conversation with someone that went on all night, but I didn't take much persuading, and the next day I was a vegetarian. It came down to one question, can you be healthy without killing animals? If the answer is 'yes' then the only reason you're killing is because you like the taste. But you can't take a life just because you like its taste.”

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