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David Friedrich Strauss

"If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary character of these evangelical anecdotes, still leans to the historical interpretation, whether natural or supernatural; that mind must be alike ignorant of the true character both of legend and of history, of the natural and the supernatural."

Source : David Friedrich Strauss, George Eliot (1860). “The life of Jesus critically examined”, p.339

David Friedrich Strauss

#Character Quotes #Historical Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I wanted something that I could look back on and say, yes, you were fighting too, you burned to be alive, and whatever failure or accident of nature caused you to be killed could be explained by something other than the fact that I'd missed your giving up.”
“Perhaps he was a bit different from other people, but what really sympathetic person is not a little mad?”
“Learning from wolves to interact with pet dogs makes about as much sense as, 'I want to improve my parenting - let's see how the chimps do it!'”
“I'm crazy about ducks and swans and geese, so I don't eat foie gras. I try to eat organic.”

Source : "My favourite table". Interview with Neil Norman, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2007.
“A modern state is such a complex and interdependent fabric that it offers a target highly sensitive to a sudden and overwhelming blow from the air.”
“When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however. But Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.”
“I am not Lyme disease, that's not who I am, I'm still a feminist artist, but this is a part of my story too, and I'm not going to keep it out to look cooler.”
“The Universe doesn't know the difference between a dime and a million. If you refuse the dime, the Universe thinks you don't want money, so you collapse your chances.”

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