#ill

It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help. ↗

— John Keegan

#childhood #commonly #education #had #help

Men killing other men really is an extraordinary phenomenon. Why does it happen? And how long has it gone on? And have the motives changed? ↗

— John Keegan

#does #extraordinary #gone #happen #how

Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score. ↗

— Michael Tippett

#any #art #music #native #performing

The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need. ↗

— John Keegan

#form #him #himself #his #leader

Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the people you have to kill, aren't they? ↗

— John Keegan

#people #trying #well #whole #you

If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong. ↗

— Christine Keeler

#books #history #history books #i #imperfect

Bill Astor knew these papers were missing. Stephen showed his hand in October. ↗

— Christine Keeler

#hand #his #knew #missing #october

He's 85 and he's met another woman. Still, at 85, why ever not? ↗

— Christine Keeler

#another woman #ever #met #still #why

But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material. ↗

— Ben Folds

#almost #any #back #center #go

A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls. ↗

— Sam Keen

#creates #devoid #economy #fills #frequently