Adolf Bastian Quotes

A most burning question of time, though. It burns in every nook and cranny of the ethnological world, burning, bright, brightly, in the fullest blaze, and it burns all around, huge fire! and no one lifts a hand.

Adolf Bastian

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• I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.

  

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• People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.

  

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• I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.

  

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• Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?

  

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• It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.

  

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• A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

  

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• As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.

  

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• Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?

  

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• I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.

  

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• What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.

  

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• All my life I have fought corruption.

  

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• It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.

  

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• There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.

  

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• I'm a runner first before anything else.

  

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• The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.

  

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• If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.

  

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• I also just accept that I might never want to write a song again.

  

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• A most burning question of time, though. It burns in every nook and cranny of the ethnological world, burning, bright, brightly, in the fullest blaze, and it burns all around, huge fire! and no one lifts a hand.

  

  Adolf Bastian
  • World
  • Question
  • Burns