"How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy of life likewise dazzled the eye, notwithstanding that the social diagnosis could yield no other verdict than 'rotten to the very core'?"

-- Abraham Kuyper

#Eye Quotes #Yield Quotes #Age Quotes

“Beauty, delicacy and position-these were the foundations of courtly equestrianism”
“The staggering babies embody the deepest truth about deep practice: to get good, it's helpful to be willing, or even enthusiastic, about being bad. Baby steps are the royal road to skill.”

Source : Daniel Coyle (2010). “The Talent Code: Greatness isn't born. It's grown”, p.94, Random House
“I am not committed in any way to the traditional concept of character - the concept of "character trait" as involving predictable behavior. I am committed to a view in the neighborhood - the view that the moral worth of one's actions depends on the quality of will expressed in them.”
“Hayek, in my view, is the leading economic thinker of the 20th century.”

Source : "Reflections on Human Action after 50 years". Cato Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1999.
“My thing was always more character-driven comedies, not sketch comedy - not that there's not room for both or one isn't enjoyable, just my personal taste, I like movies that comedy comes from out of flaws of people, things that are uncomfortable, out of tragedy.”
“If a steaming hot potato fell in your hands you would get it off you as soon as you could. Do the same with negative destructive thoughts- just release them as fast as you can.”

Source : FaceBook post by John Assaraf from Jan 28, 2013
“What happened to the Jews cannot be compared with all the other crimes. Every Jew had a death sentence without a date.”
“When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.”

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