"And I know one thing more - that the Europe of the future cannot exist without commemorating all those, regardless of their nationality, who were killed at that time with complete contempt and hate, who were tortured to death, starved, gassed, incinerated, and hanged..."

-- Andrzej Szczypiorski

#Hate Quotes #Europe Quotes #Contempt Quotes

“Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great music brings.”

Source : John Boyle O'Reilly (1882). “Songs, Legends and Ballads”
“As an artist, I think it is important for us to mark places in history where we have made progress, to celebrate by expressing that reality.”
“The reality is that while heliocentrism was discussed and often accepted within Catholic circles - it was effectively the only place where it could be - the more traditional view of the solar system still prevailed even among leading scientists. So it's hardly surprising that Galileo's Catholic judges had difficult accepting his views, especially when they saw themselves as defending scientific orthodoxy and were supported in this by the scientific establishment.”
“Do you know that there's hardly anyone left of last year's Caucasian governments? I've tried to stop it, but in vain. Yet they can't all be Trotskyites and traitors.”

Source : "The Kremlin and the People". Book by Walter Duranty, p. 126, 2007.
“Good information architecture enables people to find and do what they came for. Great information architecture takes find out of the equation: the site behaves as the visitor expects. Poor or missing information architecture neuters content, design, and programming and devalues the site for its owners as well as the audience it was created to serve. Itâ€™s like a film with no director. The actors may be good, the sets may be lovely, but audiences will leave soon after the opening credits.”
“Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.”
“An aged painter cannot help but accept the fact that his work belongs in the past. Younger painters have leaped into the phenomenon called contemporary, where it would be foolish of me to try to enter. But I can claim my own phenomenon...”
“I would love to have a drink with Meryl Streep or Prince. Those are my top two people I would love to talk to.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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