"This fraternity... makes it possible... for so many millions of people, not so much to kill, as willingly to die for such limited imaginings."

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Source : Benedict Anderson (2006). “Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism”, p.7, Verso

Benedict Anderson

#People Quotes #Fraternity Quotes

“Fundamentally I am a wrestler and like being on top and I like my grounding and pounding.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“One of the big mistakes I think we make in relationships is that we don't give our best energy to the people that matter most.”
“It became necessary to destroy the town to save it,”
“For war is never some cosmic accident descending upon a people with all the chance and inevitability of asteroids falling like fire out of the heavens, but only the will and work of man.”

Source : "The Wild". Book by David Zindell, 1995.
“This has got to be the most expensive food ever laminated.”
“In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject in all circumstances nuclear warfare.”
“I'm definitely drawn to things that are new, so something specifically for me would have been fun.”

Source : Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. June 23, 2016.
“They smoke cigarettes professionally. The smoke is inhaled very sharply and the teeth are bared.Then the head turns to give you a profile and the smoke is exhaled slowly and deliberately and the grey jet stream becomes a beautiful blue cloud of smoke.What are they trying to tell us?”

Source : Jeffrey Bernard (1986). “Low life”

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