"Internationalism on the other hand admits that spiritual achievements have their roots deep in national life; from this national consciousness art and literature derive their character and strength and on it even many of the humanistic sciences are firmly based."

-- Christian Lous Lange

#Spiritual Quotes #Art Quotes #Character Quotes

“Russia contains one fourth of the inhabitants of all Europe, and one half of the entire number of Israelites.”
“Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.”
“Once Tony Daley opens his legs you've got a problem.”
“But perhaps more important, as someone wishing to make a comment or two about contemporary life and values, I don't have to dig through libraries or travel to exotic lands to arrive at a view of our modern situation refracted through the lens of the preindustrial world, or the uncommercialized, unfranchised, perhaps unsanitized-and therefore supposedly more "authentic"-perspective ofthe Third World. Very simply, this is because that "other" world, as alien as if separated by centuries in time, is the one from which I came”
“I think that any of the places that's cut off from money, things come up, what the people have to rely on.”
“You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.”
“In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself.”
“We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.”

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