"I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring."

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Source : Julien Benda (2011). “The Treason of the Intellectuals”, p.197, Transaction Publishers

Julien Benda

#Past Quotes #Men Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“Most people still steal music.”
“But it was alright, everything was alright, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”
“Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.”
“To never see a fool you lock yourself in your room and smash the looking-glass.”
“[On Rachmaninoff:] He was the most Russian of them all, like a cathedral in the snow. Holy, wintry, infinite, he was all the Russias.”

Source : Dagmar Godowsky (1958). “First Person Plural: The Lives of Dagmar Godowsky”, Viking Adult
“A cupcake is like a great pop song. The whole world in less than three minutes. And it's impossible to have a bad cupcake. In New York you walk everywhere. So I'm always looking, always on the eternal search for the perfect cupcake. I take them very seriously. It's like hunting and gathering for me.”
“A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.”
“A live audience with live reactions feeds a different sort of acting that will then inform your film work, and vice versa.”

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