"To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human affairs -- but a tribute nevertheless."

-- George Steiner

#Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Hegel Quotes

“Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins.”
“From every ruin, life springs up again and everything that dies is born again.”
“I wanted to be funny. And I'm always acknowledged for my pranks and jokes nowadays.”
“When you trust people to help you, they often do.”
“I like all kinds of movies, I love movies; and I always wanted to try and make one.”
“We must take action now, by permitting re-importation, to ensure that health care and prescription drugs remain accessible and affordable for everyone.”
“Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the night, or you're half-awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is. Every time you try to put your finger on it, it slips away. You turn on the lights and the cockroaches run away. You can never grasp them...”
“Watercolor is an alchemical medium - colors mixing with water, joining with it, being extended by it - creating new life where none had been before.”

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