"It must be therefore, since the enemies of the Jews belonged to the most diverse races, since they lived in countries very distant from each other, since they were ruled by very different laws, governed by opposite principles, since they had neither the same morals, nor the same customs, since they were animated by unlike dispositions which did not permit them to judge of anything in the same way, it must be therefore that the general cause of anti-Semitism has always resided in Israel itself and not in those who have fought against Israel."

-- Bernard Lazare

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“Artists now decline to go to bed with beauty, fearing they'll wake up with kitsch.”
“When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit. Just be your ordinary self in ordinary life, unconcerned in seeking for Buddhahood. When you're tired, lie down. The fool will laugh at you but the wise man will understand.”
“Hours are golden links, God's token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them, lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.”

Source : Adelaide Anne Procter (1858). “Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses”, p.21
“We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.”
“Dancers are both athletes and artists.”
“It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.”

Source : "This Is Spinal Tap". www.imdb.com. 1984.
“I love the sassy skinnies; that's what I usually wear.”

Source : "Seventeen Exclusive: Jenna Ushkowitz Designs Denim Line for Wall Flower Jeans!" by Jessica Jaksich, www.seventeen.com. July 11, 2012.
“In a world full of monochromatic tadpoles, if you are fluorescent it does not matter what size of tadpole you are.”

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