"Either one lives for politics or one lives off politics."

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Source : Max Weber, Hans Gerth (1991). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.84, Psychology Press

Max Weber

“The seed is the fetus, in other words, a true plant with its parts (that is, its leaves, of which there are usually two, its stalk or stem, and its bud) completely fashioned.”
“We have come to consider the word technique applicable only to movements that are so showy as to approach acrobatics...”
“People were like, 'Oh, there are going to be people running up to you taking pictures' and I thought it was going to be a bunch of little kids. But it's grown-ups! And that's, like, creepy.”
“A new wound makes all the old ones ache again.”
“I think just the above things. I think I wanted to learn from both cultures. So, I think the music is a little more reflective of the... Catholic culture but the theology, obviously, is much more Reformational.”

Source : "Composer/performer Keith Getty is celebrating an Irish Christmas at venues across the USA". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. December 5, 2014.
“There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that. To be a follower, you lose.”
“I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful and reliable - and happiness sneaks into their lives while they are busy doing those things. It is a by-product, never a primary goal.”
“I'll take as much work as I can get. You can always need more work.”

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