#ma

From that imbalance rose the tragic results of the coming together of two worlds. It was the extermination of an ancient dream by the frenzy of a modern one, the destruction of myths by a desire for power. It was gold, modern weapons, and rational thought pitted against magic and gods: the outcome could not have been otherwise. ↗

— J.M.G. Le Clézio

#montezuma #dreams

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#faith #great #human #misery #too

Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#either #every #every man #his #man

The Wedding March always reminds me of the music played when soldiers go into battle. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#always #battle #go #into #march

The voters reward good performance. So, I'm going to go out and focus, if I become the governor, to do the very best job I can as governor. The rest of it will take care of itself. ↗

— Dave Heineman

#best #care #focus #go #going

Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#courage #final #hell #how #i

RVM Thoughts for Today - "Many people age into a cage. They suddenly feel helpless waiting for death because they have no reason to live. ↗

— Rvm

#age

Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure? ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#failure #interested #man #old #old man

For whatever reason, we relate to anything godlike with an English accent. The English are very proud of that. And with anything Roman or gladiators, they have an English accent. For an audience, it is an easy trick to hook people in. ↗

— Chris Hemsworth

#anything #audience #easy #english #godlike

Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images. ↗

— John Hench

#china #communicate #did #even #great