"You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end."

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Idries Shah

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Adrift Quotes

“General rules have been legislated into being by past masters.”
“In the election campaign of 1930, Hitler seldom spoke explicitly of Jews. The crude tirades of the early 1920s were missing altogether. 'Living-space' figured more prominently, posed against the alternative international competition for markets ... The key theme now was the collapse of Germany under parliamentary democracy and party government into a divided people with separate and conflicting interests, which only the NSDAP could overcome by creating a new unity of the nation, transcending class, estate and profession.”
“I do not believe evil men are led by God. I believe there are plots of evil. We live in a sinful world, and there are a lot of things that happen as a result of sin.”

Source : "Interview With Kevin Gutzman On George Washington". "Mike Church Show", www.mikechurch.com. May 1, 2013.
“Don't let your hands dictate what you think you can do. Look at fingerboard charts and imagine your eyes dancing on the notes you want to play, and forget about whether your hands can do it or not. Just try it.”
“Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.”
“When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.”
“It's up to me to promote my faith and somebody else to promote theirs. Let the government just protect our right to do so.”
“A woman's pelvis is like an hourglass with the capacity to tell time. It both creates and shelters life. When the mother's diet is insufficient, nutrients are pulled from her own teeth and bone. Women are built to be selfless.”

Source : Alyson Richman (2011). “The Lost Wife”, p.67, Penguin

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