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«A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a field of gelded bulls - whereas a city of anarchy is a city of promise»
Author: Mark Helprin
(Novelist)
| About:
Cities
| Keywords:
anarchy, architecture, bulls, classroom, classrooms, dullard, dullards, geld, gelded, obedient, tranquil
«Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.»
Author: Mark Helprin
(Novelist)
| About:
Marxism
| Keywords:
day after day, editor, insides, Marxist, Marxists, publish, rule the world, torn
«I've imagined great victories, and I've imagined great races. The races are better.»
«And there was no reason for them to be dancing the Peter Lake could see, except that it was an exceptionally beautiful night.»
«Because there were all kinds of hell - some were black and dirty, and some were silvery and high.»
«The arts community is generally dominated by liberals because if you are concerned mainly with painting or sculpture, you don't have time to study how the world works. And if you have no understanding of economics, strategy, history and politics, then naturally you would be a liberal.»
Author: Mark Helprin
(Novelist)
«Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.»
Author: Mark Helprin
(Novelist)
«Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future.»
Author: Mark Helprin
(Novelist)
«If it wasn't for music, I would think that love is mortal.»
«The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes.»
Author: Mark Helprin
(Novelist)
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