"... from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself."

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Source : "Genesis". Book by Bernard Beckett, www.npr.org. 2010.

Bernard Beckett

#Fear Quotes #Population Quotes #Vantage Point Quotes

“It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.”

Source : Attributed to Emil Zatopek in "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("Swifter, Higher, Stronger"), an unsigned article from Khaleej Times, August 8, 2008.
“I love where I'm from. I don't live there because of the circumstances, but all my family is there. It's what's inside, it's not what's outside that determines the culture and the feeling.”
“I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.”
“The name came from, erm... us all just agreeing on a name that we liked. There was talk of Swans at first, but there was already a band called Swans, way back in the eighties. An American band. So we thought, well, we can't have them, and I think Andy said, "well what about Doves?" We ruminated it around the three of us and went, well, it's not so bad, it's all right.”
“Emptiness is everywhere and it can be calculated, which gives us a great opportunity. I know how to control the universe. So tell me, why should I run for a million?”
“It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.”
“Playing against a defensive opponent is just as bad as making love to a tree.”
“I suggested that it was not enough to add a moustache to the Mona Lisa: it should simply be destroyed.”

Source : Pierre Boulez, Martin Cooper (1990). “Orientations: Collected Writings”, p.481, Harvard University Press

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