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We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. – Kenneth Clark

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Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process. – Kenneth Clark

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People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater. – Kenneth Clark

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I think its my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may. – Leonard Nimoy

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Be the light in the dark, be the calm in the storm and be at peace while at war. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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When I go to the clinic next and sit with a tube in my arm and watch the poison go in, Im in an attitude of abject passivity. It doesnt feel like fighting at all it just feels like submitting. – Christopher Hitchens

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I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think its very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made. – E. P. Thompson

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