#era

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

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The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology. ↗

— Jean Genet

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I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible. ↗

— Wally George

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Suddenly a single shot on the extreme left rang out on the clear morning air, followed quickly by several others, and the whole line pushed rapidly forward through the brush. ↗

— John Gibbon

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Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. ↗

— Ira Gershwin

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During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures. ↗

— Paul Getty

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As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction. ↗

— Stan Getz

#art form #as far as #conversation #far #form

The great majority of interpretations of Apocalypse assume that the End is pretty near. Consequently the historical allegory is always having to be revised; time discredits it. And this is important. Apocalypse can be disconfirmed without being discredited. This is part of its extraordinary resilience. It can also absorb changing interests, rival apocalypses, such as the Sibylline writings. It is patient of change and of historiographical sophistications. It allows itself to be diffused, blended with other varieties of fiction--tragedy, for example, myths of Empire and of Decadence--and yet it can survive in very naïve forms. Probably the most sophisticated of us is capable at times of naïve reactions to the End. ↗

— Frank Kermode

#change

I've had a wordless phase, and that's still not entirely over: what I sing is not always literally meant that way, and you can hear that in the way it is sung. ↗

— Beth Gibbons

#entirely #had #hear #i #literally

A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money. ↗

— Carter Glass

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