"Sorrento, August. For two weeks now I haven't heard a German word or understood an Italian one. This way one can manage to live with people; everything goes like clockwork and no irksome misunderstanding can arise."

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Karl Kraus

#Communication Quotes #Italian Quotes #August Quotes

“I can't stay engaged for years with a book unless it has feelings. It can't be an idea for me - it has to be a felt thing.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.”
“We picture love as heart-shaped because we do not know the shape of the soul.”
“Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues of peace but also the art of attaining it? I mean attaining and protecting it by means other than weapons, the tools of war. Why are we surprised whenever war recedes and yields to peace?”
“I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.”
“It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.”
“I just try to get along with people and show the love that I would like to be shown to me.”

Source : "Martin Lawrence: He's Got Jokes". Interview with Regina R. Robertson, www.essence.com. December 16, 2009.
“I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles.”

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