"You proclaim that one should die for the highest virtues, because you take it for granted that nobody's been living for them, not even for a single hour."

-- Robert Musil

#Virtue Quotes #Granted Quotes #Hours Quotes

“A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual.”
“Nothing can inspire religious duty or animation but religion.”
“Writing a new film about cereal killers. Not serial killers, cereal killers. The main character can eat two, three boxes at a time.”
“Although I love all genres, I really love to play in two main arenas: Comedy and Thriller/Horror. In either genre I love playing flawed, layered characters that are actively fighting to achieve something in the story.”
“But there is no danger of my not concentrating on cricket. I'm comfortable on the pitch, and that will never change. I have to remember what I do for a living”
“The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.”
“Remember always, in painting as in eloquence, the greater your strength, the quieter will be your manner, and the fewer your words; and in painting, as in all the arts and acts of life the secret of high success will be found, not in a fretful and various excellence, but in a quiet singleness of justly chosen aim.”
“When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.”

Source : Interview With Rob Hobson, www.cfcnet.co.uk. August 10, 2005.

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