"Superstition changes a man to a beast, fanaticism makes him a wild beast, and despotism a beast of burden."

--

Jean-Francois de La Harpe

#Men Quotes #Superstitions Quotes #Beast Quotes

“In art, as long as you have ideas and think, you are bound to deform nature. Art is deformation.”

Source : Fernando Botero (1972). “Fernando Botero”
“It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.”
“Everything is sore right now. Everything. I look like I'm doing okay but I can't wait to get home.”
“I never dreamed I'd like any city as well as London. San Francisco is exciting, moody, exhilarating. I even love the muted fogs.”
“You get a role like this in a big action movie [like Jack Reacher] and you can go one of two ways: you can paint in broad strokes, which happens a lot in action films, or you can get very detailed.”
“But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his ***** ignorance and obedience; he emancipates him, stamps upon his brow the seal of liberty and humanity, in urging him to disobey and eat of the fruit of knowledge.”

Source : Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (2009). “God and the State”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.
“The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us.”
“Experiencing different cultures is one of the best things a human being can do. It puts your whole world into perspective.”

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