"The enemy of liberal capitalism today is not so much socialism as nihilism."

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Source : Irving Kristol (1995). “Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

#Enemy Quotes #Nihilism Quotes #Today Quotes

“It is as though some old part of yourself wakes up in you, terrified, useless in the life you have, its skills and habits destructive but intact, and what is left of the present you, the person you have become, wilts and shrivels in sadness or despair: the person you have become is only a thin shell over this other, more electric and endangered self. The strongest, the least digested parts of your experience can rise up and put you back where you were when they occurred; all the rest of you stands back and weeps.”

Source : FaceBook post by Peter Straub from Mar 02, 2014
“It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.”
“I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.”
“I always thought, from day one, that winning races was just doing your job.”

Source : Source: www.caranddriver.com
“Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.”

Source : Raymond Queneau (2000). “Zazie in the metro”, Penguin Books Ltd
“The most confident of women are those who believe in every scrap of fabric they wear. They are the ones who are as happy wih their drawers as they are with their gowns. You can tell the difference between a woman who wraps herself in beautiful silks and satins and she who wears...otherwise.”
“I enjoy doing physical comedy.”
“He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness.”

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