"You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn."

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Source : 1916 The Power-House, ch.3,'Tells of a Midsummer Night'.

John Buchan

#Wall Quotes #Live Life Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I got into lobbying kind of against my will at first. I frankly didn't want to be a lobbyist, but I realized that in lobbying I could do things politically that were interesting to me and do some what I thought would be good. I'm not sure it all turned out like that, but at least that was some of the initial thinking.”
“I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.”
“Cristiano is unlucky to be playing in the same era as Messi. Ronaldo is a very good player, but Messi is even better.”
“The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.”
“Jeb Bush admitted that he smoked a notable amount of pot in school. He said, 'You would too if your parents had named you 'Jeb.'”
“But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.”
“Certainly take the advice of others but always, always be yourself.”
“I think about a storm rolling in with black clouds and I visualize the lightning and try to draw energy from that, and I think: all I have to do is beat this man until he stops moving, then I can go home to my son.”

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