"The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in a realm of mystery and wonder, where duty, discipline, and sacrifice are required-and where the reward is that love which passeth all understanding."

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Source : Russell Kirk (2014). “The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected Essays”, p.275, Open Road Media

Russell Kirk

#Sacrifice Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Discipline Quotes

“Spread ya legs, arch your back. Go up and down, and make it clap.”
“I dread the loss of her I've never touched love keeps me a slave in a cage of tears I gnaw my tongue with which to her I can never speak I miss a woman who was never born I kiss a woman across the years that say we shall never meet Everything passes Everything perishes Everything palls my thought walks away with a killing smile leaving discordant anxiety which roars in my soul No hope No hope No hope No hope No hope No hope No hope”

Source : Sarah Kane, David Greig (2001). “Kane: Complete Plays: Blasted; Phaedra's Love; Cleansed; Crave; 4.48 Psychosis; Skin”, p.218, A&C Black
“We're working on accession to the WTO very actively. We still have several countries with which we need to conclude agreements and possibly that will happen next year.”
“Capitalismâ€™s grow-or-die imperative stands radically at odds with ecologyâ€™s imperative of interdependence and limit. The two imperatives can no longer coexist with each other; nor can any society founded on the myth that they can be reconciled hope to survive. Either we will establish an ecological society or society will go under for everyone, irrespective of his or her status.”
“Whether it's possible or not, being a doctor, you take an oath. To care for your patient, not to kill them. You take an oath to do things that are proper in the medical world. Not to administer something outside of a hospital setting that's not even your area.”

Source : "Piers Morgan Tonight", www.cnn.com. September 18, 2011.
“I don't want to associate myself with any specific group of politicians.”
“It is risky to order a boyÂ notÂ to do something; it immediately opens to him the adventure of doing it.”
“When we recorded [Moana], I would do all of the stuff and then save all the big screaming for last so that you can really blow it out and ratchet it up every time, get that perfect panicked pitch.”

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