"A nation is bound not only by the real past, but the stories it tells itself: by what it remembers, and what it forgets."

-- Colin Thubron

#Real Quotes #Past Quotes #Stories Quotes

“No doubt soaring cathedrals, stirring music, moving stories and parables, help a bit. But by far the most important variable determining your religion is the accident of birth.”
“A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.”
“Seeing there are many who think they hold the opinions of Christ, and yet some of these think differently from their predecessors, yet as the teaching of the Church, transmitted in orderly succession from the apostles, and remaining in the Churches to the present day, is still preserved, that alone is to be accepted as truth which differs in no respect from ecclesiastical and apostolica tradition.”

Source : Origen (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Origen (Annotated Edition)”, p.54, Jazzybee Verlag
“Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple”
“The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience.”
“Through the computer, the heralds say, we will make education better, religion better, politics better, our minds better â€” best of all, ourselves better. This is, of course, nonsense, and only the young or the ignorant or the foolish could believe it.”

Source : "Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business". Book by Neil Postman, 1985.
“I have a very positive outlook on things. It's hard to predict how actual books are going to do but I'm not freaked out about ebooks taking over. I think there are probably more active readers now because of computers and iPhones.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Barry Manilow was very special for me. We've had many collaborations since then and all have been equally rewarding and musical. I've learned so much from him. I like being a student around him; observing him in his environment.”

Source : Source: chicago.gopride.com

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