"The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear."

-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#Intense Quotes

“Someday, I hope that we will all be patriots of our planet and not just of our respective nations.”

Source : Zoe Weil (2009). “Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life”, p.56, Simon and Schuster
“I don't like to read anything on the radio for the very first time, because I don't have any notion of a reaction. When I read it out loud, then I get an idea of that, and more of an idea of how to read.”
“There haven't been fundamental structural changes in America. There's been a very important symbolic change and that is the election of Barack Obama. But the only black people who truly live in a post-racial world in America all live in a very nice house on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”
“Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism.”
“What's required is a kind of social media sherpa, who can find you the audience you seek, who can reach to them on the platforms where they are already congregating, and who can help promote in tasteful ways that fit the sensitivities of the networks where your audiences are found.”
“Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.”
“Because of the media, the way the world is perceived is as a place where resources and time are running out. We're taught that you have to grab what you can before it's gone. It's almost as if there isn't time for compassion.”

Source : "RECORDINGS; George Michael on Fame and 'Freedom'" by Stephen Holden, www.nytimes.com. September 16, 1990.
“What's good for America better damn well be good for General Motors.”

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