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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 one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc. – Diane Wakoski

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Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. – Napoleon

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There are a lot of movies Id like to throw away. Thats not to say that I went in with that attitude. Any film I ever started, I went in with all the hope and best intentions in the world, but some films just dont work. – Kiefer Sutherland

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An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him. – William Minto

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There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone. – Henry David Thoreau

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