"We are ending where the savages began. We have found again the lost arts of starving non-combatants, burning hovels, and leading away the vanquished into slavery. Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: we are our own Huns."

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Source : Bertrand de Jouvenel (1949). “On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth”

Bertrand de Jouvenel

#Art Quotes #Slavery Quotes #Invasion Quotes

“There's a lot of good things about England, but I don't want to tell you too many of them.”
“To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status.”

Source : Catharine A. MacKinnon (1987). “Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law”, p.170, Harvard University Press
“Being a thoughtful vegan makes our time on this Earth more peaceful and joyous, because you get to have a hand in promoting and increasing the happiness, good health and well-being of others -- both animal and human -- rather than being an instrument of their suffering and death.”
“Who knew heartbreak would be so ***** hot.”
“We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention”

Source : Diane Ackerman (2004). “An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
“Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.”
“Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster.”
“All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first.”

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