"The symbol is greater than visible substance. . . . Unhappy the land that has no symbols, or that chooses their meaning without great care."

-- Freya Stark

#Land Quotes #Unhappy Quotes #Substance Quotes

“Transformations require that we let go of familiar ways of doing things, without yet knowing what we will do next.”
“Lawyers don't run sales forces.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.”
“This is America: Corporate stealing is practically the national pastime, and Goldman Sachs is far from the only company to get away with doing it.”
“You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you are dedicated to selfless service--it is not a virtue in my morality. In my morality, the defense of one's country means that a man is personally unwilling to live as the conquered slave of any enemy, foreign or domestic. This is an enormous virtue.”
“He prefers not to ruin things with any more questions. What it is is what it is.”
“To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.”

Source : Aldo Leopold (2013). “Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)”, p.209, Library of America
“Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment â€“ and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture.”

Source : Translated in Music Journal, p. 37, September, 1965.

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