"The sum of the whole matter is this - our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually."

-- Woodrow Wilson

#Civilization Quotes #Survival Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I came to think that maybe God was what you believed in because you needed to feel you werenâ€™t alone. Maybe God was simply that part of yourself that was always there and always strong, even when you were not.”
“If you have an ongoing relationship with a person, think of everything positive about that person that you possibly can and enter your interaction from that space. Ignore all the crap that used to drive you up the wall before. You will be amazed at what a change this attitude shift brings about.”
“Its okay, Beth.I don't want my life to go back to the way it was before i met you.I thought i had it all,but really i was missing something. feel like a completely different person now.This might sound corny,but i feel like i've been asleep for a long time and you've just woken me up...”

Source : Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.236, Macmillan
“Im in the public eye. I know Im not going to be treated like a normal person walking down the street.”
“One thing that success has taught me is censorship”

Source : "Show and tell". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2001.
“The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues.”

Source : "UK growth depends on tax rates that people are prepared to pay" by John Redwood, www.theguardian.com. July 18, 2012.
“Ronald Reagan memorably combined intimacy with distance.”
“[the impression of the first time I heard Webern's music in a concert performance] was the same as I was to experience a few years later when I first laid eyes on a Mondriaan canvas...: those things, of which I had acquired an extremely intimate knowledge, came across as crude and unfinished when seen in reality”

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