Carroll Quigley Quotes

The process by which civilization, as an abstract entity distinct from the societies in which it is embodied, dies or is reborn is a very significant one.

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• I like to have fun, just stay relaxed.

  

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• I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.

  

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• When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.

  

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• I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.

  

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• If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.

  

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• My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.

  

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• Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.

  

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• I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.

  

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  • Play
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• Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.

  

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• I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.

  

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• There, they tell me to wear the veil. Here, they are telling me to put my hips in a little girl's skirt, and I am this lovely full woman. You've got this Ph.D. and you're worrying, 'Am I skinny enough?'

  

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  • Woman
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• Online is such a brilliant, brilliant way to connect with young readers - even if they just want to tweet, 'Hey, I read your book!' - that, absolutely, I connect with that. But I also treat writing as solitary and keep it to myself as long as I can.

  

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• No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?

  

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• When the depressive psychosis has become manifest, its cardinal feature seems to be a mental inhibition which renders a rapport between the patient and the external world more difficult.

  

  Karl Abraham
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• If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?

  

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• The photo is a thing in itself. And that's what still photography is all about.

  

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• Cultivate an appreciation and passion for books. I’m using passion in the fullest sense of the word: a deep, fervent emotion, a state of intense desire; an enthusiastic ardor for something or someone.

  

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• The biggest farce of man's history has been the argument that wars are fought to save civilization.

  

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  • Civilization
  • Save
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• To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me.

  

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  • Play
  • Spiritual
  • Existence

• The process by which civilization, as an abstract entity distinct from the societies in which it is embodied, dies or is reborn is a very significant one.

  

  Carroll Quigley
  • Process
  • Civilization
  • Significant