"There is a rowdy strain in American life, living close to the surface but running very deep. Like an ape behind a mask, it can display itself suddenly with terrifying effect."

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Source : Bruce Catton (2011). “This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War”, p.3, Vintage

Bruce Catton

#Running Quotes #Rowdy Quotes #Apes Quotes

“I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.”
“Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders.”
“If there's one thing I've learned, it's that God is a very creative author, and He writes a different story for every person. No two lives or stories alike.”
“Do you conceive of your Lord as less because? He shows that humiliation is the best road to exaltation (cf. Mt. 23:12); because He humbles Himself for the sake of the soul that is bent down to the ground, that He may even exalt within Himself that which is bent double under a weight of sin?... If so, you must blame the physician for stooping over suffering and putting up with evil smells in order to give health to the sick?”
“It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.”
“But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of the big sweep of that communication that the piece suggests, then the audience will get it and it will be a good experience for all of us.”
“I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the worldâ€¦”
“I was in school, but I wasn't into school. I wasn't doing what I wanted to be doing in school, which was film studies. That was what I intended on doing, but I didn't go away to a university because I wanted to stay in L.A. and audition while I took classes, so I elected to go to a community college and just take G.E. courses. It was terrible.”

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