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Eugene Davidson
"In many ways Nazism was antithetical to what the great mass of Germans said they admired - and certainly to what they paid homage. It was noisy, undisciplined, vainglorious; its leader was a half-educated posturing foreigner. For a decade the National Socialists were regarded as hoodlums, as part of the breakdown of what had been, if anything, an excessively ordered society before." --
Source : Eugene Davidson (1997). “The Making of Adolf Hitler: The Birth and Rise of Nazism”, p.365, University of Missouri Press
Eugene Davidson
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“Performance wasnt something that I intended to do. I was doing work that was about process, about the meaning of the making, trying to have a love-hate relationship with the object. I always feel safer if I can bring the viewer back to the making of it. I try to do that in a lot of different ways, by residue, by touch, by these processes that are basic to all of our lives...that people might relate to in terms of process, everyday activities- bathing, eating, etc.”
“If you want to lead a family/team/organization, learn to lead/manage yourself first.”
“I try to exercise in nature, and I try to play golf once a month. The last time I played golf with my wife, however, she got better scores than me, which became an additional source of stress.”
“When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you.”
“There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones.”
Source : "Democracy Unbound: Progressive Challenges to the Two Party System". Book by David B. Reynolds, 1997.
“Audiences tend to get the performances they deserve...”
“Many invest wisely in business matters, but fail to invest time and interest in their most valued possessions: their spouses and children.”
“Governor Romney is suffering from political amnesia.”
Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
