"As Western nations became more prosperous, leisure, which had been put off for several centuries in favor of the pursuit of property, the means to leisure, finally began to be of primary concern. But, in the meantime, any notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared."

-- Allan Bloom

#Mean Quotes #Men Quotes #Favors Quotes

“A unicorn is just a horse with a point of view”
“The Army is the most outstanding institution in every country, for it alone makes possible the existence of all civic institutions.”
“Go, and never darken my towels again”
“If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely ThaÃ¯s sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.”
“I can see today that the same sort of issues lie behind taxidermy and photography. Taxidermy consists in preserving a bird in full flight... In the same way, photography halts and freezes motion and life.”
“Education belongs pre-eminently to the church ... neutral or lay schools from which religion is excluded are contrary to the fundamental principles of education.”
“I never could have planned this, and now I'm in my ideal situation career-wise and just sort of where I am in my life, and I'm super happy with how everything's going.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I started dancing before I could talk. Other babies learn to stand and then walk - I just danced.”

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