"Even if surrounded with explanations, Auschwitz can never be grasped."

-- Gunter Grass

#Auschwitz Quotes #Explanation Quotes

“Michael Jackson loved studying the greats. He felt that they could only add to what he did naturally. He was absolutely right. I mean, he studied James Brown for years when he was 10 years old, because the Jackson 5 would open for James. He studied him. He studied Fred Astaire. He loved to watch Fred's movies.”
“Do we really think that the United States will have the protection of innocent Afghans in mind if it rains terror down on the Afghan infrastructure? We are supposedly fighting them because they immorally killed innocent civilians. That made them evil. If we do the same, are we any less immoral?”

Source : "Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate - The Essential Guide for Progressives". Book by George Lakoff, 2004.
“The problem is that tolerant has changed its meaning. It used to mean 'I may disagree with you completely, but I will treat you with respect. Today, tolerant means - 'you must approve of everything I do.' There's a difference between tolerance and approval. Jesus accepted everyone no matter who they were. He doesn't approve of everything I do, or you do, or anybody else does either. You can be accepting without being approving.”
“If we could get proportional representation and open up roles for smaller parties in coalition governments, we could start intentionally breaking down the cult of personality that is one of the most distorting things about our electoral system in Canada. We had a constellation of social actors behind the Leap Manifesto. And we created something bigger than ourselves.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“This, she thought, isnâ€™t just for today. Itâ€™s for everything. For the heartache that still felt like a punch in the gut each time it struck, fresh as new, at unpredictable moments; for the smiling lies and the mental images she couldnâ€™t shake; for the shame of having been so naive. For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieveâ€”like the soulâ€™s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable.”
“It's so nice after 10 years as a blond actress in Hollywood to have people let you do smart things.”
“We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much different than films. It depends on the television show but much of television today is as good or better than most films.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Borrowed garments never keep one warm.”

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