"The facile delusions which conceal from us our true situation all amount to this: that we are, or can be, wiser than the wisest men of the past. We are thus induced to play the part, not of attentive and docile listeners, but of impresarios and lion-tamers."

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Source : Leo Strauss (1995). “Liberalism Ancient and Modern”, p.8, University of Chicago Press

Leo Strauss

#Past Quotes #Men Quotes #Play Quotes

“I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.”
“SNL is a home. You've got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it's a great time.”
“Literature is being taught as though it were only political medicine or political poison-a view that is not only illiberal but illiterate.”
“Being part of a community of writers is huge. I really think that's why people go to MFA programs.”
“Instead of asking yourself what everyone else's opinion is going to be and how your action will be perceived by others, ask yourself, 'How do I want my life to be lived?' Then proceed to take a small risk in the direction of that new action.”
“I know all the problems of the schools. They're rigid, they're bureaucratic, they've got a lot of problems. But it's such an important institution, and holds such promise.”

Source : Interview with Ruth Conniff for The Progressive Magazine, 2002.
“You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.”
“Because of Obama ... DREAMers who are American in every way except on paper no longer live under the shadow of deportation.”

Source : Nydia Velazquez's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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