"I think that certainly the artists of the '40s, '50s and '60s were fighting a very conformist society, which didn't give them enough space to live or create, and they were bucking all kinds of spoken and unspoken rules."

-- Anne Roiphe

#Fighting Quotes #Artist Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men; and under systematic management the best man rises to the top more certainly and more rapidly than ever before.”
“Taken over the centuries, scientific ideas have exerted a force on our civilization fully as great as the more tangible practical applications of scientific research.”
“True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you want.”
“I do not think the British want to become America's "Airstrip One," as the British Isles are called in George Orwell's "1984." The EU's internal market was a massive success even before the UK joined it, and it joined because there was no real alternative. So while British tabloids are expecting to be punished by Germany, Brexit is punishment in itself.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God had used adversity to train them.”
“Sports bars are also a great place for guys to meet other guys--either for sex or for wrestling, whichever feels more right.”
“I would hate to be on a plane every day.”

Source : "The forgotten supermodel" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2009.
“The outstanding feature of behavior is that it is often quite easy to recognize but extremely difficult or impossible to describe with precision.”

Source : "Toward Definition of Mind" edited by Jordan Ma Scher, Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press, (p. 92), 1962.

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