"It is impossible to think of France except in terms of individuals."

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Andre Siegfried

#Thinking Quotes #France Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“We have heard stories about white men who make the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no one thought the stories were true.”
“Well, I find it interesting first that this all centers around the issue of homosexuality and we don't bring in any other sin issue into the picture - the ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed. Issues of pride and judgment and gossip and slander and other types of sexual immorality, gluttony, you name it.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com
“The only way to learn to write is to force yourself to produce a certain number of words on a regular basis.”
“Do not be deceived by the way men of bad faith misuse words and names â€¦Things are set up as contraries that are not even in the same category. Listen to me: the opposite of radical is superficial, the opposite of liberal is stingy; the opposite of conservative is destructive. Thus I will describe myself as a radical conservative liberal; but certain of the tainted red fish will swear that there can be no such fish as that. Beware of those who use words to mean their opposites. At the same time have pity on them, for usually this trick is their only stock in trade.”

Source : "The Flame is Green" by R. A. Lafferty, (Ch. 5), 1971.
“Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow”
“To disarm while being best armed, out of an elevation of sensibility-that is the means to real peace....”

Source : Ben Macintyre (2013). “Forgotten Fatherland: The search for Elisabeth Nietzsche”, p.195, A&C Black
“Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible.”
“From being quite sure of himself and his future he becomes not at all sure. If he be an imaginative boy a door is torn open and for the first time he looks out upon the world, seeing, as though they marched in procession before him, the countless figures of men who before his time have come out of nothingness into the world, lived their lives and again disappeared into nothingness. The sadness of sophistication has come to the boy.”

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