"I stand astonished at my own moderation"

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Source : Quoted in G. R. Gleig, The Life of Robert, First Lord Clive (1848)

Robert Clive

#Moderation Quotes

“It takes all sorts of people to make a world.”
“Im about as straight an arrow as youll find out there.”
“The State is not, as many political scientists would make it, an inanimate thing; it consists of people, human beings, each of whom operates under an inner compulsion to get the most out of life with the least expenditure of labor.”
“One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness.”
“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.”

Source : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ch. 2 (1776 - 1788)
“One of the elements of photography is, just by nature, journalistic. It's some kind of documentation. The most successful pictures to me are with an interesting looking girl. They're not being provocative. They're just presenting their drugs to you, showing you what they take. There's a good-looking girl, but here's this thing about her that's not so cool. It makes you feel a little uneasy.”
“You should be allowed to be a modern city dweller and still care about the environment.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I love the whole world of boxing and the sense of community that exists there.”

Source : "Holt McCallany and Warren Leight Interview LIGHTS OUT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 23, 2011.

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