"All history is contemporary history."

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Source : Benedetto Croce (1922). “Historical Materialism and the Economics of Karl Marx”, p.19, Transaction Publishers

Benedetto Croce

#Contemporary Quotes

“I imagine our first glimpse of Heaven will cause us to gasp in amazement and delight. That first gasp will likely be followed by many more as we continually encounter new sights in that endlessly wonderful place.”
“Our time is fixed, and all our days are number'd; How long, how short, we know not:—this we know, Duty requires we calmly wait the summons, Nor dare to stir till Heaven shall give permission.”

Source : William Falconer, Thomas Day, Robert Blair, Robert Glynn, Beilby Porteus (1822). “The Poems of Falconer, Day, Blair, Glynn, and Porteus”, p.216
“Cheetah bit me whenever he could. The [Tarzan movie] apes were all homosexuals, eager to wrap their paws around Johnny Weismuller's thighs. They were jealous of me, and I loathed them.”
“Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that other people have of you is inauthentic living.”
“Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease.”
“Traveling outgrows its motives. It soon proves sufficient in itself. You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you - or unmaking you.”

Source : "On the road again" by Rory Maclean, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2007.
“I love vegging out in front of the TV, eating pizza!”
“Like all my poems, 'Negotiations' has several sources. It deals with aging lovers and the often silent deals they make. Thinking about bargains made me think of The Little Mermaid and that made me remember something I had just read about the incredibly complex process by which tadpoles (actual little mermaids) are somehow able to reabsorb their tails and fashion their future frog legs.”

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