"The sickly cultural pathos which the whole of France indulges in, that fetishism of the cultural heritage."

-- Jean Baudrillard

#Heritage Quotes #France Quotes #Pathos Quotes

“The trick of successful investors is to sell when they want to, not when they have to.”
“I'm delighted with it, because it used to be that films were the lowest form of art. Now we've got something to look down on.”
“I became a soldier, not because I had a military vocation initially, but because it was the only way that that young, poor-class child from the provinces could go to the center of the country: through baseball, which was my dream.”
“I completely lost everything, but I gained everything because I lost the fear.”
“Sehwag shall be remembered for his explosive and natural cricketing skills. Wish him all success on his birthday.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 20, 2015
“The prerequisite of contrapuntal art, more conspicuous in the work of Bach than in that of any other composer, is an ability to conceive a priori of melodic identities which when transposed, inverted, made retrograde, or transformed rhythmically will yet exhibit, in conjunction with the original subject matter, some entirely new but completely harmonious profile.”

Source : "Song: 'So You Want To Write A Fugue'". 1997.
“But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.”
“It means a lot to me that people appreciate what I do. That's why I give a lot of importance to my fans and I like to maintain a certain proximity to them. I already feel very thankful that people enjoy my work so much, and becoming famous is not my ultimate goal. I think it's important to keep a good balance between what I want to do and what people want to hear; otherwise I might fall into the dark side.”

Source : Source: www.atickettosomewhere.com

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