"Regarding History as the slaughter-bench at which the happiness of peoples, the wisdom of States, and the virtue of individuals have been victimized--the question involuntarily arises--to what principle, to what final aim these enormous sacrifices have been offered."

-- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

#Sacrifice Quotes #History Quotes #Principles Quotes

“I'd love to do just straight theatre. I'd love to do film and television, too.”
“Another person's illness is often harder to bear than one's own.”
“People who have escaped from poverty are like old soldiers. In later years they recount the little, amusing incidents that happened infrequently, and conveniently forget the long, unrelieved stretches of misery and boredom.”
“The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.”

Source : Catherine Duncan, Paul Strand, Aperture Foundation (1994). “Paul Strand: the world on my doorstep : an intimate portrait”
“I'm weird. I'm not too focused on the physicality of a man. They just have to become my best friend, and then I start to get attracted to them. I've never been in a bar and just hit on a guy and started kissing him; I've never done that in my life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The dying swan, when years her temples pierce, In music-strains breathes out her life and verse, And, chanting her own dirge, tides on her wat'ry hearse.”
“What use is it to endure the Dutch Rubs and Indian Rope Burns that are politics if you can't obtain mastery over people and give them noogies back?”
“You have to understand how bad I wanted to be a comedian, how much I loved doing it. I still can't believe I get to do this for a living and have people come up and want to see me.”

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