"Slave camps under the flag of freedom, massacres justified by philanthropy or the taste of the superhuman, cripple judgment. On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself. The purpose of this essay is to accept and study that strange challenge."

-- Albert Camus

#Challenges Quotes #Age Quotes #Taste Quotes

“I think I did a lot of really stupid stuff really quickly in my twenties and that sort of led me to want to sort of just relax a little bit. Relax a lot.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.”
“There are young men who want thrills but no longer value sex, so they do completely different things, including aggressive things.”
“The corporations and the media don't need power; they already have it.”
“We cannot become starched Christians, too polite, who speak of theology calmly over tea. We have to become courageous Christians and seek out those (who need help most).”
“And when it comes to developing the high standards we need, it's time to stop working against our teachers and start working with them. Teachers don't go in to education to get rich. They don't go in to education because they don't believe in their children. They want their children to succeed, but we've got to give them the tools. Invest in early childhood education. Invest in our teachers and our children will succeed.”
“I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.”
“There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge and judgment, that it is so.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.8, Library of Alexandria

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