"The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization."

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Source : Fernand Braudel (1992). “Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The structure of everyday life”, p.64, Univ of California Press

Fernand Braudel

#Civilization Quotes #Smell Quotes #Cooking Quotes

“It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.”
“We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don't have to stay down.”
“No doubt the [presedential] campaigns have reflected some anxiety, anger, and resentment in the nation at large, and we must try to understand these attitudes in the electorate.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“I was treated better than others, simply because there was so much public attention. In my case, they did adhere to the eight-hour workday required by law. The other women were often forced to slave away for up to 16 hours a day.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I would never intentionally want to hurt someone's feelings.”

Source : "Sara Bareilles' New Album!". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. June 8, 2010.
“Every artist, every scientist, must decide now where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights. There are no impartial observers. Through the destruction, in certain countries, of the greatest of man's literary heritage, through the propagation of false ideas of racial and national superiority, the artist, the scientist, the writer is challenged. The struggle invades the formerly cloistered halls of our universities and other seats of learning. The battlefront is everywhere. There is no sheltered rear.”

Source : Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge
“Love easily confuses us because it is always in flux between illusion and substance, between memory and wish, between contentment and need.”
“America is a country that will not be broken by fear. And instead, America is a country blessed with citizens marked by goodwill and great resolve.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com

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