"The great twin political problems of the age are the brutality of the right, and the dishonesty of the left."

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Geoffrey Wheatcroft

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“Without mathematics thereÂ isÂ no art.”
“Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.”

Source : William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.6, Harper Collins
“We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our existence. Such stories, which explain how the world began or where the sun goes when it sets, we call myths. Mythology is a natural product of the symbolizing mind; poets, when not making up myths of their own, are still commanding ancient ones.”
“I love shooting French films because I don't have to stick with being sophisticated or stuck-up.”
“You need to let yourself be happy. Or else, what's the point of anything?”

Source : Kass Morgan (2013). “The 100: Book One”, p.93, Hachette UK
“I believe that understanding what is good is obtained by looking at the way the world works and figuring out how to operate in harmony with it to help it evolve.”
“The Christian church has a long history of gradually absorbing scientific perspectives and new discoveries. It seems to me that, in fact, that has been one of the strengths of Christianity - it has ultimately had great flexibility in absorbing new information about the world that we get from science.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“If you look at Marriage of Figaro or Butterfly or Traviata, all of those elements are in there. I also have to have a very specific location in mind. The physical environment of where the opera takes place is very key - the "sound world."”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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