All the technology of our production was still pre-War. They were sort of ’38, ’39 and the War had been stable and so we were infinitely behind whatever had been going on in the United States for instance.
“light up a lifetime” conveys the idea that hope can have a lasting, life-altering impact.
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All the technology of our production was still pre-War. They were sort of ’38, ’39 and the War had been stable and so we were infinitely behind whatever had been going on in the United States for instance.
And I don’t say that we didn’t expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan.
I don’t know to what extent someone can BECOME an artist – you either are or you aren’t – and if you are you’ll HAVE to make your way to some kind of sickly light, no matter how terrible the soil you were seeded in your nature will out somehow.
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves – and be free.
I was brought up in a whorehouse in Peoria. My mother and father lived there and worked there.
I’m waiting for the time when I fail – because we all fail – and I’m ready, I’ll take up carpentry.
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Memory, so complete and clear or so evasive, has to be ended, has to be put aside, as if one were leaving a chapel and bringing the prayer to an end in one’s head.
Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
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