"In place of a world, there is a city, a point, in which the whole life of broad regions is collecting while the rest dries up. In place of a type-true people, born of and grown on the soil, there is a new sort of nomad, cohering unstably in fluid masses, the parasitical city dweller, traditionless, utterly matter-of-fact, religionless, clever, unfruitful, deeply contemptuous of the countryman and especially that highest form of countryman, the country gentleman."

-- Oswald Spengler

#Country Quotes #Clever Quotes #Cities Quotes

“The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.”
“I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.”

Source : "Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks : Entrepreneurial Skills, Stories, and Encouragement for Modern Girls". Book by Stacy Kravetz, Foreword, 1999.
“Modernism probably wouldn't have happened without lesbians in Paris.”
“It's amazing to find that so many people, who I thought really knew me, could have thought that 'Sunset Boulevard' was autobiographical. I've got nobody floating in my swimming pool.”
“I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.”
“As days lengthen into weeks and months and even years of adversity, the hurt grows deeper. The Church cannot hope to save a man on Sunday if during the week it is a complacent witness to the crucifixion of his soul.”
“There is no doubt of the essential nobility of that man who pours into life the honest vigor of his toil, over those who compose the feathery foam of fashion that sweeps along Broadway; who consider the insignia of honor to consist in wealth and indolence; and who, ignoring the family history, paint coats of arms to cover up the leather aprons of their grandfathers.”
“I'll also listen to music on a Discman and realize how nice it can sound when it's not compressed to MP3 format.”

Source : "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.

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