#rope

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. ↗

— Pierre Bayle

#history #human #human race #misfortunes #nothing

Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption. ↗

— Andre Bazin

#corruption #create #does #eternity #photography

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#centralized #continue #democracy #european #finding

It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill and honors what is ill. ↗

— Julien Benda

#beautiful #europe #honors #ill #inform

I still have five years to the end of my term. There are many candidates. There'll be a problem if it's supposed to be a European or someone from the emerging countries, the so-called BRICS. This will be decided, but please don't think Poland has anything to say about it. ↗

— Marek Belka

#anything #candidates #countries #decided #emerging

Should that worse scenario materialize, then most probably our propensity to increase interest rates will be weaker. ↗

— Marek Belka

#interest #materialize #most #our #probably

I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#also #counted #i #i think #only

Well, I think I was always sort of reflecting where I was and my sense of surroundings and ecology, urban or country, or foreign, living in Europe, very affected by all of that. ↗

— Daniel Berrigan

#always #country #ecology #europe #foreign

In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don't shoot films any more. There's more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent. ↗

— Paul Bettany

#any #budgets #europe #films #intent

I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance. ↗

— Ronald Biggs

#attendance #building #i #proper #putting