"Art, industry, and commerce, so long crushed and overborne, were stirring into renewed life, and a crowd of adventurous men, nurtured in war and incapable of repose, must seek employment for their restless energies in fields of peaceful enterprise."

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Source : Francis Parkman (1865). “Pioneers of France in the New World”, p.214

Francis Parkman

#Art Quotes #War Quotes #Men Quotes

“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage,”
“Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.”

Source : 1930 In the Evening Standard, 21 Aug.
“Examples draw where precept fails, and sermons are less read than tales.”
“You want to bring the Assad regime down? You have to beat the Russians and the Iranians in Syria. That is not going to happen. Like it, don't like it - it's not going to be very pleasant.”
“Im really bad at tests of any kind, so Im bad at auditions. I consider myself educated most of the time, but when Im under the gun, I just fail.”
“The technology certainly changes. I think, in terms of making films, that's been the biggest change. But many things stay the same. I mean, there's still stories to be told. There are scripts that give you a good guide and insight into the film.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Oh heavy change. The world deteriorates like a rotting apple, worms and a skin.”

Source : Robinson Jeffers, Tim Hunt (1988). “The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1938-1962”, p.418, Stanford University Press
“They who pray with faith have fervour and fervour is the fire of prayer. This mysterious fire has the power of consuming all our faults and imperfections, and of giving to our actions, vitality, beauty and merit.”

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