"Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice) and follow the yellow brick road to the wonderful land of consensus. In place of honest argument among consenting adults the politicians substitute a lullaby for frightened children: the pretense that conflict doesn't really exist, that we have achieved the blessed state in which we no longer need politics."

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Source : Lewis H. Lapham (1995). “Hotel America: Scenes in the Lobby of the Fin-de-siècle”, p.18, Verso

Lewis H. Lapham

#Children Quotes #Blessed Quotes #Race Quotes

“Our lives feel like these epochs, but really, we are dust in the wind.”

Source : "Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Talks About His Band's New Album". Interview with Jess Gitner, www.npr.org. June 22, 2011.
“As a man, there's a part of me that feels I should still be going out and doing a proper day's work.”
“Grass is the least rewarding of all status symbols... The grass does nothing but drink money, exhaust energies, crush spirits, destroy sleep, create tensions and interfere with the watching of baseball games, and sprout insolent signs ordering humans to keep off it.”

Source : Russell Baker (1965). “All Things Considered”
“Faith is a leap into the light, not a step into the darkness.”
“The great thing about basketball is it's a live ball. If someone's in your way, push them out of the way, go around them or over them, whatever it takes.”

Source : Source: alanpaul.net
“The history of the genocide perpetrated during the Second World War does not belong to the past only. It is a â€˜living historyâ€™ that concerns us all, regardless of our background, culture, or religion. Other genocides have occurred after the Holocaust, on several continents. How can we draw better lessons from the past?”
“After all, a creature without passionate conviction doesn't cling to extremes. He surveys the scenery and makes sure his outfit doesn't clash.”
“I've always been a composer dependent on texts.”

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