"The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom"

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Source : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.

Georg Buchner

“It's very rare that I ever go and research a particular subject. Mostly I do serendipitous research, I read stuff, things spinning out of the page.”
“My kids are now the most popular kids in their school.”
“People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I have always been attracted to the bleaker aspects of life. I love drama.”
“I don't know where my next movie is going to get financed or if it will. I think every filmmaker is probably worried about that, unless their movie made a fortune. My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune. So yeah, it's scary.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com
“A true leader doesn't just bring troubles; but bring solutions.”
“He who fights with priests may make up his mind to have his poor good name torn and befouled by the most infamous lies and the most cutting slanders.”
“To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.”

Source : Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.96, Shambhala Publications

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