"This nation's impulse is toward the future, and tradition seems more of a shackle to it than an inspiration."

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Source : Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.244, Simon and Schuster

Allan Bloom

#Inspiration Quotes #Tradition Quotes #Shackles Quotes

“I am always incorrigibly interested in the behaviour of the 'human animal', and look forward to perusing divers effusions of your lively pen.”
“When people saw what had happened to my son, men stood up who had never stood up before.”
“I feel like giving myself a pat on the back. We can create history tonight. We can bid goodbye to 10 years of (Liberal-Conservative) government which has ground to a halt, and get a new government and a new majority in Denmark.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.”
“If you want to be a top athlete you have to be a little bit wild, not be an accountant.”
“Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their souls.”
“A woman's body is the gate to this life. A man's body is the gate to the next life.”
“I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.”

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