"Europeans have sometimes been beguiled by a despotism that comes concealed in the seductive form of an ideal â€“ as it did in the cases of Hitler and Stalin. This fact may remind us that the possibility of despotism is remote neither in space nor in time."

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Source : Kenneth Minogue (2000). “Politics: A Very Short Introduction”, p.17, Oxford Paperbacks

Kenneth Minogue

#Space Quotes #Seductive Quotes #May Quotes

“I didn't mean to interupt you if you were looking for your friends Miss--' 'Callihan,' but you can call my Jasmine. Or Jas.' Or Snookums. Honeybunch. Hotsie Totsie Cowgirl. My Little-- 'It's nice to meet you Jasmine, I'm Jack.”
“Sometimes you read a passage by a great writer, and you know what he says and how he says it will always be, for you, the only possible way it could be. Less often a painter will describe an event in a way that fits into your interpretation of that event so perfectly that it becomes the event itself.”

Source : Vincent Price (2016). “I Like What I Know: A Visual Autobiography”, p.142, Open Road Media
“Your shoes are only as good as the laces they're attached to.”
“Some people still believe you should just fall in line with whats going on - and thats scary. It makes a mockery of freedom of speech.”
“If you think something is impossible, it is. Until you decide itâ€™s possible and you do it.”
“Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is more an art than a science. It's been said that Alekhine and I played similar chess, except that he studied more. Yes, perhaps, but I have to say that he played, too.”
“...and the distance between them, millimeters only, the space of a breath, opened up and deepened, became a cavern at whose edge he stood.”

Source : Kim Edwards (2006). “The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel”, p.119, Penguin
“The difference between famous creators and struggling artists is that the creators know that improving the lives of others deserves the highest reward.”

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