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Evelyn Waugh quote: "Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to..."

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

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We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create as many new desires and synthetic passions as possible, in order to cater to them with the products of our factories and printing presses and movie studios and all the rest. Thomas Merton
Sophocles quote: "The happiest life is to be without thought"
The happiest life is to be without thought Sophocles
Joe Pantoliano quote: "The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up..."
The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s. Joe Pantoliano
Bob Verdi quote: "What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is..."
What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty. Bob Verdi
Bir gn, gzellik ve irkinlik bir deniz kysnda karlatlar ve dediler, 'haydi denize girelim.' Giysilerini kartp suda yzdler. Bir sre sonra, irkinlik kyya dnp, gzelliin giysilerine brnd ve yoluna gitti. Gzellik de denizden kt, kendi giysilerini bulamad; ama plak olmak utandryordu onu, aresiz irkinliin giysilerine brnd ve yoluna devam etti gzellik. O gn bugndr, erkekler ve kadnlar onlar birbirine kartrr. Ancak ilerinden gzelliin yzn nceden grm kimileri vardr ki, giysilerine bakmakszn tanrlar onu.... Khalil Gibran
Treat Williams quote: "Honestly, I didn't know I was a role model."
Honestly, I didn't know I was a role model. Treat Williams
So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months or a year, boggles the mind. William Odom
L. Frank Baum quote: "and as they walked along he sang "Tol-de-ri-de-oh!" at every..."
and as they walked along he sang "Tol-de-ri-de-oh!" at every step, he felt so gay. L. Frank Baum
Mose Allison quote: "I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna..."
I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York. Mose Allison
A mother's love is a blessing. No matter where you roam. Keep her while you have her, You'll miss her when she's gone-- Angela's Ashes. Frank McCourt
Life was dense, dark, ancient. They watched Dean, serious and insane at his raving wheel, with eyes of hawks. All had their hands outstretched. They had come down from the back mountains and higher places to hold forth their hands for something they thought civilization could offer, and they never dreamed the sadness and the poor broken delusion of it. Jack Kerouac
Jose Carreras quote: "When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes:..."
When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no. Jose Carreras
As was usual with him, he began with the least important thing and worked around and in toward the center where the meaning was. Flannery O'Connor
Stephen Colbert quote: "I hold a little fundraiser every day. Its called going to work."
I hold a little fundraiser every day. Its called going to work. Stephen Colbert
When we imagine our Universe to be just one out of a multitude of possible worlds we devalue this world, the one we see, the one we should be trying to explain. Roberto Unger