“But I don’t believe in a civil war. No matter how agitated the atmosphere gets and no matter how hard the president and his advisers try to aggravate the situation, I am absolutely confident of the people’s common sense.”
1990s, There won't be a civil war (1991)
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1st President of Russia and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet … 1931–2007Related quotes
translation from original Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek, 2018
version in original Dutch / citaat van Jacob Maris, in het Nederlands: Daarentegen wordt mij verweten dat mijn schilderijen niet af zijn, hoe ik mijn lucht ook doorwerkt heb. Nu, 'af' in de gewone beteekenis van het woord is mijn werk zeker niet. Door in dien zin het af te maken, zou ik er het leven uithalen.
in Jacob Maris (1837-1899), M. van Heteren and others; as cited in 'Ik denk in mijn materie', in exhibition catalog of Teylers Museum / Museum Jan Cunen), Zwolle 2003, p. 76
“Common man, no matter how hard life is to him, at least has the fortune of not thinking it.”
Ibid., p. 181
The Book of Disquiet
Original: O homem vulgar, por mais dura que lhe seja a vida, tem ao menos a felicidade de a não pensar.
Vorkosigan Saga, Cetaganda (1996)
“As if it didnt matter what was on, but instead how hard i was listening.”
Source: Just Listen
“Men seem to be born with a debt they can never pay no matter how hard they try.”
Source: Sweet Thursday
“I couldn’t pray the gay away, no matter how hard I tried.”
Source: Faitheist (2012), Chapter 3, “Conversion and Confusion” (p. 46)