"The saying 'the arts aid the body' is for samurai of other regions. For samurai of the Nabeshima clan the arts bring ruin to the body."

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Yamamoto Tsunetomo

#Art Quotes #War Quotes #Body Quotes

“My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“At the end of the day, a television, a computer, or a smart phone is just a device through which one can access content. The content itself is what matters, not the device.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The company accountant is shy and retiring. He's shy a quarter of a million dollars. That's why he's retiring.”
“Although every man believes that his decisions and resolutions involve the most multifarious factors, in reality they are mere oscillation between flight and longing.”

Source : Hermann Broch (2011). “The Sleepwalkers”, p.468, Vintage
“I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. 'Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.”
“Anbody can make an easy deal, but only a true agent can sell a dog.”
“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”

Source : "My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget : A Collection of Quotations". Book by Dorothy Winbush Riley, 1993.
“I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race...If there be a God, I think that what he would like me to do is paint as much of the map of Africa British Red as possible...”

Source : "Imperial racism". "The Story of Africa" by BBC World Service, www.bbc.co.uk. February 19, 2007.

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