"But that so many scholars are barbarians does not much matter so long as a few of them are ready to help with their specialized knowledge the few independent thinkers, that is to say the poets, who try to to keep civilization alive."

-- Robert Graves

#Independent Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Long Quotes

“All things are difficult before they are easy.”
“The stakes are geopolitical in nature and I believe that democracies are - people want to live in free societies, democracies are the best way to do that, and that if people see democracies in the neighborhood, they'll demand the same thing.”
“I would love to kiss you. The price of kissing is your life.”
“This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are.”
“What you do [to provide better aid is] you shut up. You never arrive in a community with any ideas.”
“O blessed Health! thou art above all gold and treasure; 'tis thou who enlargest the soul, and openest all its powers to receive instruction, and to relish virtue. He that has thee has little more to wish for, and he that is so wretched as to want thee, wants everything with thee.”
“Looking back, I'm proud of what I've been able to do, grateful for the fact that I really have very few, if almost zero, nightmare stories of being on sets and working with the wrong people.”

Source : Source: www.empireonline.com
“Someone could be amazing at what they do, but if you don't like them, why bother hiring them?”

Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. June 28, 2011.

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