"That the will of the people can be established by voting for democrats is, of course, a delusion. Yet when considering a non-threatening system for deciding between diverse interests, then voting, of course, can be regarded as a humane and civilized process."

-- Robert Musil

#People Quotes #Voting Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“When in doubt, figure it out. That's the redneck way.”
“When environments change, they usually do so pretty rapidly, at rates with which adaptation by natural selection would be hard put to keep up. When such change occurs, the quality of your adaptation to your old habitat is irrelevant, and any competitive advantage you might have had may be eliminated at a stroke.”
“Duotrope is like a smart phone. You can't imagine the world ever going back.”
“We die every day; every moment deprives us of a portion of life and advances us a step toward the grave; our whole life is only along and painful sickness.”

Source : Jean-Baptiste Massillon (1839). “Sermons”, p.129
“If you're a female and you get asked by someone who shoots the most beautiful female scenes to be in their film, it's kind of exciting.”
“I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain. That's more important to me than being thin.”

Source : "BARONESS' John Dyer Baizley Interview About His Artwork Process". Interview with Michael Weigman, www.metalinjection.net. July 10, 2014.
“Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.”
“When I begin to eliminate from the list all those professions which are impossible from a financial point of view and then those which I feel disinclined to-it leaves nothing”

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