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The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom. ↗

— Gertrude Himmelfarb

#fueled #history #matter #movement #out

There are only twelve tones and they need to be treated carefully. ↗

— Paul Hindemith

#need #only #tones #treated #twelve

I think that love is stronger than habits or circumstances. I think it is possible to keep yourself for someone for a long time, and still remember why you were waiting when she comes at last.... I would enter your sleep if I could, and guard you there, and slay the thing that hounds you, as I would if it had the courage to face me in fair daylight. But I cannot come in unless you dream of me. ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#love #nightmares #waiting #courage

I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

#continued #crisis #even #firm #front

In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

#been #book #eight #figures #five

It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people and Empire is at stake. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

#does #empire #everywhere #existence #me

I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never knows, but that's when I smile the most, when I show the most ivory. ↗

— Earl Hines

#audience #back #challenge #deep #get

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#body #certain #knees #moments #prayers

I think everybody at some point - especially if they've been working their whole lives - should take time out and think about what they've done. ↗

— Gregory Hines

#been #done #especially #everybody #i

You know the first time I sat in the chair I felt anything but up, it was very emotional for me. I had a chair in my hotel room, a chair at rehearsal, and I was trying to spend as much time as I could in the chair. ↗

— Gregory Hines

#chair #could #emotional #felt #first