"Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive."

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Source : In Michael Holroyd 'Hugh Kingsmill' (1964)

Hugh Kingsmill

#Anger Quotes #Society Quotes #Alive Quotes

“Art is the child of imagination and gives life.”
“We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.”
“I always tell my students when you're going to be a jazz musician the first thing you've got to do is be a professional musician, and that means you have to feed yourself with the instrument.”
“How often a mother initiates a conversation with her child is not predictive of the language outcomes - what matters is, if the infant initiates, whether the mom responds.”
“The first rule about a black womanâ€™s hair is you donâ€™t talk about a black womanâ€™s hair. And the second rule is you donâ€™t ever touch a black womanâ€™s hair without getting written permission first.”
“To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.”
“As the tide of feminism that crested two decades ago recedes and the old advance-and-retreat games of courtship return, "Pride & Prejudice" speaks wistfully to the moment. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are tantalizing early prototypes for a Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy ideal of lovers as brainy, passionate sparring partners. That the world teems with fantasies of Mr. Darcy and his ilk there is no doubt. How many of his type are to be found outside the pages of a novel, however, is another matter.”
“Let every head of household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing and, where possible, fuel also for at least a year ahead.”

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