"I knew that if I was captured by the Germans I would be shot at once, since I have always been counted as an enemy of Germany because of my play, Le Bourgmestre de Stillemonde, which dealt with the conditions in Belgium during the German Occupation of 1918."

-- Maurice Maeterlinck

#Play Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Occupation Quotes

“Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog.”
“Collecting records is, for many, beyond a hobby.”
“Key in life is to be able to answer the question "How much is enough?" Modern society has a desire to accumulate stuff & do nothing with it”
“One instant is eternity; eternity is the now.”
“Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess.”
“Illustrators are usually illustrating something big or commercial if not outright advertising. It's a form of prostitution, but that's cool because we don't have any moral hang-up about it.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“For a colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land: the land which will bring them bread and, above all, dignity.”

Source : Frantz Fanon (1968). “The Wretched of the Earth”
“I see myself as an entertainer.”

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