"Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters."

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Source : Louis Antoine de Saint-Just's speech to the National Convention, April 24, 1973.

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

#Art Quotes #Government Quotes #Miracle Quotes

“There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the screen but the director was smarter than you, of course he's the one, of course it was a dream, of course she's dead, of course, it's hidden right there, of course it's the truth and you in your seat have failed to notice in the dark.”
“To go out in a gondola at night is to reconstruct in one's imagination the true Venice, the Venice of the past alive with romance, elopements, abductions, revenged passions, intrigues, adulteries, denouncements, unaccountable deaths, gambling, lute playing and singing.”
“Your goals are constantly revised according to circumstance, but your purpose, your real reason for being, that supercedes everything.”
“Change the food in the schools and we can influence how children think. Change the curriculum and teach them how to garden and how to cook and we can show that growing food and cooking and eating together give lasting richness, meaning, and beauty to our lives.”
“If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy step...the extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question: "What ELSE could we do?"”
“You are epic fail if you think you are better than me!”
“Thatâ€™s what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. Thatâ€™s what they all were, all the Stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real.”
“All people know that they will die, but they don't actually believe it.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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