"People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were said that only townspeople had immortal souls, and that it was only in the city that the flame of divinity breathed into the first men had an unobscured glow."

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Source : George William Russell (1913). “Co-operation and Nationality: A Guide for Rural Reformers from this to the Next Generation”

George William Russell

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“When you do not like human beings, you cannot make good portraits.”
“I think there's a lot of scope in broadening the way videogames approach depictions of masculinity, which is still extremely narrow in scope. It would be nice to see a panel about gender in videogames and it not just be about one gender!”
“I always knew I had to be 100 percent in charge, even when I was a middle manager. I used to say to my boss, "Just give me enough rope and then fire me." I always knew I had to be 100 percent in charge, even when I was a middle manager. I used to say to my boss, "Just give me enough rope and then fire me."”
“We can stop thinking that good practice is when itâ€™s smooth and calm, and bad practice is when itâ€™s rough and dark. If we can hold it all in our hearts, then we can make a proper cup of tea.”
“The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy.”

Source : "Online Extra: Q&A with Bolivian President Mesa". Interview with Geri Smith, www.bloomberg.com. July 5, 2004.
“Conservation means development as much as it does protection.”
“There are certain times I don't want my picture taken. If my wife's stepping out of a car and it looks like it's going to come out an indecent picture, don't I have a right to object?”
“The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it's just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be.”

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