"If you mean to know yourself, interline such of these aphorisms as affect you agreeably in reading, and set a mark to such as left a sense of uneasiness with you; and then show your copy to whom you please."

-- Johann Kaspar Lavater

#Reading Quotes #Mean Quotes #Aphorism Quotes

“I am only so beautiful as the character of my relationships, only so rich as I enrich those around me, only so alive as I enliven those I greet.”

Source : Derrick Jensen (2004). “A Language Older Than Words”, p.127, Chelsea Green Publishing
“Kitsch makes things that are pretty as representations, but ugly as art, modern artists made things that are ugly as representations but beautiful as art.”
“A valuable qualification of a modern politician seems to be a capacity for concealing or explaining away the truth ...”

Source : Lady Dorothy Nevill (1912). “My own times”
“It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle.”
“In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities.”
“I will never try to steer myself into a situation that I know might create a discussion after the race any protest immediately cuts down on my social hours after the race is over.”
“We need economic growth in Europe and we need to find a solution for the excessive interest rates that are making it difficult for many countries to get their own debt under control.”
“The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.”

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