"[On an anarchist acquaintance:] Everything in appearance the most alarmist aunt could wish."

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

#Aunt Quotes #Wish Quotes #Anarchist Quotes

“We're not going to get into how many deals I've had. I don't think there is a label that I was signed to that we didn't deliver an album. Every time the album got ready to be mixed and mastered, it was always a situation. That's neither here nor there, because Tony Sunshine is a different guy now, a different entity.”
“Confidence is seen, not heard.”
“When people tell a lie about something, they have to make up a bunch of lies to go with the first one. â€˜Mythomaniaâ€™ is the word for it.”
“Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.”
“What is reason now was passion heretofore.”
“Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere.”
“Read a lot, live your life, and listen and watch, so that your mind fills up with millions of images.”
“I can only answer the question â€˜What am I to do?â€™ if I can answer the prior question â€˜Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?â€™”

Source : Alasdair MacIntyre (2013). “After Virtue”, p.250, A&C Black

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