"The greatest Marxist writer of the twentieth century, paradoxically, is also one of the greatest examples of the independence of the human spirit from its material limitations."

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Source : James Joll (1978). “Antonio Gramsci”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

James Joll

#Independence Quotes #Example Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“People make up rumors and put them on the Internet.”

Source : Interview with Mark Jacobs, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 29, 2010.
“Jump start my kaleidoscope heart, Love to watch the colors fade, They may not make sense, But they sure as hell made me.”
“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being.”
“Basically I'm always looking for things. Any good photographer should always be looking for something, you know.”

Source : Intrview with Mike Foldes, old.ragazine.cc. 2010.
“I hope it won't take long.”

Source : "The collected works of Eugene Paul Wigner". Book by Eugene Paul Wigner edited by Alvin M. Weinberg and Alfred M. Perry, November 1, 1992.
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.”

Source : The Power and the Glory pt. 1, ch. 1 (1940)
“Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.”
“I feel everything more deeply. Every action I take, I think of her first. That's a big change for me. That - and no sleep!”

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