"Political thought in France is either nostalgic or Utopian."

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Source : Raymond Aron (2011). “The Opium of the Intellectuals”, p.31, Transaction Publishers

Raymond Aron

#Political Quotes #France Quotes #Nostalgic Quotes

“The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't communicate very well. I am like Captain Run-on Sentence.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.”
“Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back in time in meet him. Obviously, he was probably the most important sports figure in the world at that time. Hopefully, someday when I pass away, I get to meet him, and then I can really find out what he was really like.”
“... the fallibility of human brains is in nothing more obvious than in proof reading.”
“As I am never better than when I am mad; then methinks I am a brave fellow; then I do wonders: but reason abuseth me, and there's the torment, there's the hell.”

Source : 'The Spanish Tragedy' (1592) act 3, sc. 7, The Fourth Addition (1602 ed.) l. 164
“First, I would say, is ideology. I have never spoken to any member of these groups, not just ISIS, but also Al Qaeda, Shabab, etc., who wasn't driven by the ideology. Beyond that, a lot of people are wounded in some way - they've fallen out of society in some manner. All of the ones I've spoken to seem to have veered off course from lives we consider acceptable and successful. Of course, there are others like Osama bin Laden, who was a wealthy and successful businessperson.”
“Education is extremely important, especially in my business, the music business.”

Source : "Puerto Rico Gov. Says Latino VP Would Help GOP Win Latino Vote" By Susanne Ramirez de Arellano, www.foxnews.com. February 21, 2012.

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