"Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the ***** and angels of our striving selves."

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John le Carre

#Angel Quotes #Heart Quotes #Self Quotes

“I am a little discouraged and irritated at the welfare recipient families growing in size all the time. Those of us who work and pay taxes all the time shouldn't have to pay for these kids.”
“The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical.”

Source : George Crook (1986). “General George Crook: His Autobiography”, p.229, University of Oklahoma Press
“I don't regret the numerous pictures of Brigitte Bardot, but I'd rather have a good photograph of my father.”
“The recently ended twentieth century was characterized by a level of human rights violations unparalleled in all of human history. In his book Death by Government, Rudolph Rummel estimates some 170 million government-caused deaths in the twentieth century. The historical evidence appears to indicate that, rather than protecting life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of their citizens, governments must be considered the greatest threat to human security.”
“We're living history all the time, in the papers, in the news, you think about stuff and it goes into your brain and you think about it and it comes out somehow. You have an idea; you've heard a phrase, or you're angry, or something disturbs you, or something seems paradoxical to you, you explore that idea, much like a writer would explore maybe an idea through metaphor. Maybe artists use their vehicle to explore ideas, so I think the things that interest me are the kind of idea of continuous change and how nothing stays the same and it's always disintegrating into something more.”
“When we speak of our virtues we are competitors, when we confess our sins we become brothers.”
“If you want to become something, achieve something in life, then always listen to your heart.”
“And when I perform on my own tour, I have to talk myself into going out on that stage every single night.”

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