"The right of individual property is no doubt the very corner-stone of civilization, as hitherto understood; but I am a little impatient of being told that property is entitled to exceptional consideration because it bears all the burdens of the state. It bears those, indeed, which can be most easily borne, but poverty pays with its person the chief expenses of war, pestilence, and famine."

-- James Russell Lowell

#War Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring.”
“All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.”
“I think you have different soulmates throughout your life.”
“No one can be everything you want them to be.”

Source : Susane Colasanti (2009). “Waiting For You”, p.200, Penguin
“I believe that the best style is a universal one, tactical and positional at the same time ...”
“England manufactures most of the world's airline food, as well as all the food you ever ate in your junior-high-school cafeteria.”
“It's a great idea: to feel the rhythm of something by seeing how it flows on a page.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The ultra-right would have us believe that families are in trouble because of humanism, feminism, secular education, or sexual liberation, but the consensus of Americans is that what tears families apart is unemployment, inflation, and financial worries.”

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