"It is necessary for us to explain the involuntary repugnance we possess for the nature and personality of the Jews ... The Jews have never produced a true poet. Heinrich Heine reached the point where he duped himself into a poet, and was rewarded by his versified lies being set to music by our own composers. He was the conscience of Judaism, just as Judaism is the evil conscience of our modern civilization."

Source : "'Das Judenthum in der Musik' ('Judaism in Music')". Essay by Richard Wagner, 1850.

Richard Wagner

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“Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need.”

Source : Karen Finerman (2013). “Finerman's Rules: Secrets I'd Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life”, p.49, Hachette UK
“You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.”
“But science can only be created by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding. This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion. To this there also belongs the faith in the possibility that the regulations valid for the world of existence are rational, that is, comprehensible to reason. I cannot conceive of a genuine scientist without that profound faith. The situation may be expressed by an image: science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
“If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.”
“Carrie Fay always says that nothing is really horrible unless it eats away your face.”

Source : Katie Macalister (2008). “Up In Smoke: A Novel of the Silver Dragons”, p.33, Penguin
“I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.”

Source : "Chairman of LVMH, Bernard Arnault TalkAsia Interview". "Talk Asia" with Lorraine Hahn, edition.cnn.com. March 16, 2005.
“Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.”
“Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible.”

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