"The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt."

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Source : Jonathan Franzen, Karl Kraus (2013). “The Kraus Project: Essays by Karl Kraus”, p.13, Macmillan

Karl Kraus

#Cities Quotes #Vienna Quotes #Culture Quotes

“If you don't need to quit drinking, you shouldn't quit drinking. I used to really love to drink, and especially living in London, it's just built for drinking...”
“I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.”

Source : "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.
“Nothing is quite as bad as being without privacy and lonely at the same time.”
“The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.”
“The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.”
“There's a lot of hip-hop that would be great with a banjo in it. It would just groove like crazy, and I hope I get to be one of the guys who does that, because it's coming. It's coming.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Dior really was a savior. He almost single-handedly revived women's interest in clothes.”
“I'll do what I can to promote the greater good. If you can harm one person to save 1,000, I'm gonna do it every f**king time.”

Source : "Boondock Saints Interview: Norman Reedus & Sean P. Flanery". Interview with Alex Kecskes, acedmagazine.com. January 5, 2012.

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