"The philosophical conservative is someone willing to pay the price of other people s suffering for his principles."

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Source : E.L. Doctorow (2015). “Citizen Doctorow, Notes on Art & Politics: The Nation Essays 1978-2015”, p.56, The Nation Co. LLC

E. L. Doctorow

#Philosophical Quotes #People Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before. I mean, I produced a Frank Sinatra special-- Elizabeth Taylor, with Michael Jackson, Gregory Peck, I won't even take a picture.”

Source : "Love on the rocks". "Dateline NBC" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. February 6, 2014.
“I wanted to be a fifth grade teacher because my teacher was so important to me and was giving me the education that was going to take me through life and through this world.”
“Man must begin to the unitary principle of man - knowing that there are not separate men or separate individuals, but hat the whole man idea is one. He must know that all mankind is connected with every other part of mankind, all geared together by the one omnipresent Light of God which centers all as ONE and motivates all as ONE. Until man knows that separation from God is impossible, even for one second, he does not begin to have knowledge.”
“As soon as you start writing about how human beings interact with each other socially, you're into politics, aren't you?”
“Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius in his own right but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist. Dravid's defence tactics, his strokes, his cuts, his grace are truly amazing. I'd like to meet the chap sometime and take my hat off to him.”
“I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.”
“I have always felt Osho's one hundred percent trust in me regarding the music.”
“Make it work”

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