"The subject matter covered in Carmina stays pretty basic: love, lust, the pleasures of drinking and the heightened moods evoked by springtime. These primitive and persistently relevant themes are nicely camouflaged by the Latin and old German texts, so the listener can actually feign ignorance while listening to virtually X-rated lyrics. (Veni Veni Venias! Come, come come now!)The music itself toggles between huge forces and a single voice, juxtaposing majesty and intimacy with ease..."

-- Carl Orff

#Latin Quotes #Drinking Quotes #Ignorance Quotes

“You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.”
“Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective: Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for human rights activists is a moral imperative for us and also makes the world safer for us.”

Source : "Obama’s Human Rights Disaster". Interview with Jamie Glazov, archive.frontpagemag.com. August 25, 2009.
“You want an Open title by your name. To finally get it, even though it's a Senior Open, I still regard it as a very high honor.”
“Of course, no lyrics are ever unintentional, but I think bands like Wolf Parade and the Arcade Fire have a tendency to touch on big themes without really following through on them or tying them in to a particular logic.”

Source : "Destroyer". Interview with Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.
“When politics promote hate, it becomes a rule, and populist provocation becomes standard. It has been the same throughout the entire history of humanity.”
“Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.”
“Must we to bed indeed? Well then, Let us arise and go like men, And face with an undaunted tread The long black passage up to bed.”
“Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with.”

Source : "Richard Rorty (1931 - 2007)". "The Philosopher's Zone" with Alan Saunders, www.abc.net.au. June 16, 2007.

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