"The business of finding a nation's soul is a long and slow one at the best and a great many prophets must be slain in the course of it. Perhaps when we have slain enough prophets future generations will begin to build their tombs."

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Source : Ralph Vaughan Williams (1987). “National Music: And Other Essays”, Oxford University Press, USA

Ralph Vaughan Williams

#Long Quotes #Soul Quotes #Generations Quotes

“Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I know what I liked as a child, and I donâ€™t do any book that I, as a child, wouldnâ€™t have liked.”
“We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.”
“I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles.”
“The manufactured consensus of the IPCC has had the unintended consequences of distorting the science, elevating the voices of scientists that dispute the consensus, and motivating actions by the consensus scientists and their supporters that have diminished the public's trust in the IPCC.”
“We cannot prove that there is no God, but we can safely conclude the He is very, very improbable indeed.”
“Broadway is a definite symbol of New York. It's classic New York.”
“You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.”

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