"Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate."

-- Edward Said

#World Quotes #Empires Quotes #Plunder Quotes

“There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.”
“Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.”
“We are very influenced by completely automatic things that we have no control over, and we don't know we're doing it.”
“The more we reduce ourselves to machines in the lower things, the more force we shall set free to use in the higher.”
“The easier an experience, or the more entrenched, or the more familiar, the fainter our sensation of it becomes. This is true of chocolate and marriages and hometowns and narrative structures. Complexities wane, miracles become unremarkable, and if we're not careful, pretty soon we're gazing out at our lives as if through a burlap sack.”

Source : Anthony Doerr (2008). “Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World”, p.54, Simon and Schuster
“I want to be in shape.”
“If the budget that you're talking about isn't a good one, then it's better not to pass a budget. Most people in the country will never notice whether we pass a budget resolution or not.”
“Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.”

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