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Popular applause veers with the wind. ↗

— John Bright

#popular #wind

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#bear #burden #glory #heavy #heavy burden

I think Bush's immigration proposal is treason and he should be impeached. ↗

— Peter Brimelow

#i #i think #immigration #impeached #proposal

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#atheist #beyond #human #i #i am

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? ↗

— David Brin

#apologize #come #corpses #late #must

I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#europe #find #i #nearly #nurture

Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas. ↗

— Jon Brion

#developed #edge #generating #himself #ideas

When I was younger, I looked at getting older as this process of getting less interested in things and becoming colder, and of finding less joy in the mystery of things. And I've found the exact opposite to be true. I find that I'm getting warmer, and that I'm more mystified by human interactions. ↗

— Jon Brion

#becoming #colder #exact #exact opposite #find

Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#dictators #i #islamic #islamic world #khomeini

The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#directly proportional #europe #freedom #increased #italy