"First you destroy those who create values. Then you destroy those who know what the values are, and who also know that those destroyed before were in fact the creators of values. But real barbarism begins when no one can any longer judge or know that what he does is barbaric."

-- Ryszard Kapuscinski

#Real Quotes #Judging Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“[ John] Winthrop was the man who first said America was "a city upon a hill," which [Ronald] Reagan then appropriated. There are incidents like that all through history. We have been here.”
“Families need families. Parents need to be parented. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles are back in fashion because they are necessary. Stresses on many families are out of proportion to anything two parents can handle.”

Source : T. BERRY BRAZELTON, M.D. (1992). “TOUCHPOINTS THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE”
“There is no real answer (to the U.S. economic crisis) but to remove brick by brick the capitalist system itself, rebuilding the entire society on socialist principles.”
“Could a body broken and blood spilled two thousand years ago restore my own damaged life?”
“Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern.”

Source : Marguerite Yourcenar (1957). “Hadrian's Memoirs”
“I wanted to give men an accessible line of clothing that's comfortable yet stylish and will help them to present the best version of themselves. It's easy - when you look good, you feel good.”
“When you are writing the kind of criticism you hope you're writing, everything depends on keeping your calm or your cool. You're trying to tell someone about something that they may know nothing about. They depend on you to read or interpret as best as you can.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2016.
“I think my methods are more suggestive than assertive. Check out those passages again and see what you think.”

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