"Besides the progress of industry and technique, we see a growing discontent among the masses; we see, besides the expansion ("expansion,", Fr.) of instruction, distrust and hatred expanding among nations ("s'Ã©tendre la mÃ©fiance et la haine entre," Fr.), that vie with one another ("qui rivalisent Ã l'envi," Fr.), by the increase of their armies and the improvement of their engines of murder ("engins meurtriers", Fr.)."

-- African Spir

#Army Quotes #Hatred Quotes #Progress Quotes

“Only when he has published his ideas and findings has the scientist made his contribution, and only when he has thus made it part of the public domain of scholarship can he truly lay claim to it as his own. For his claim resides only in the recognition accorded by peers in the social system of science through reference to his work.”
“Our age not only does not have a very sharp eye for the almost imperceptible intrusions of grace, it no longer has much feeling for the nature of the violences which precede and follow them.”
“I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably.”
“I've attained my mass basically by training hard and very, very heavy.”
“Leadership is like beauty - it's hard to define but you know it when you see it.”
“'Darkness' is a subjective word; it depends what your viewpoint is and how you live life.”

Source : "Dirty Pretty Thing: Taylor Momsen". Interview With Colleen Nika, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 20, 2010.
“Libraries help you to dream!”
“I make collages. I join the shattered world creating a new harmony.”

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