"Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974."

-- Jose Saramago

#Thinking Quotes #Political Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes

“What is genius? It is the power to be a boy again at will.”

Source : James M. Barrie (2013). “Tommy And Grizel (Annotated Edition)”, p.166, Jazzybee Verlag
“If you listen to yo momma You won't ever have no fun.”
“takes a devil to make a decent angel.”

Source : Tom Spanbauer (2000). “The Man who Fell in Love with the Moon: A Novel”, p.184, Grove Press
“Hatred is internal calamity that destroys the keeper”
“Instead of putting Americans to work, the Teamsters have been busy yanking members off projects and idling construction projects from California to Indiana to New York in order to shake down employers.”
“Sometimes I suspect that there are two prototypes of philosophers who write about humans - I call them "celestials" and "terrestrials", without implying that celestials have their heads in the clouds or that terrestrials have theirs buried in the ground. The difference between these two types is not so much in their theories but in whether or not they would find it a very sad thing if it turned out that the only way a human is superior to a wolf is this: the human brain is significantly more capacious and complex.”
“Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body.”
“There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.”

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