"Everyone knew that democracy-direct rule by all the people-required such spartan, sel denying virtue on the part of all the people that it was likely to survive only where poverty made upright behavior necessary for the perpetuation of the race."

-- Bernard Bailyn

#Race Quotes #People Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“I won't do reality. That is done. And I don't want people following me around with a camera 24 hours a day.”

Source : "Standup Mario Cantone won't miss his bus to the Hard Rock". Interview with Rod Stafford Hagwood, articles.sun-sentinel.com. October 10, 2012.
“In that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one of us was of a different world.”
“A painting without something disturbing in it â€“ what's that?.”
“Charity is willingly given from the heart.”
“If you really want to seriously think about life, and therefore take painting very seriously... and take seriously the joys that it can bring to one, then you want to go to museums. You want to study the great of the past...”
“If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection.”
“The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.”
“I always have problems with seeing how our new stuff relates to our old stuff - I'm better at seeing long lines in other people's music than in my own.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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