"Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one……" — Randolph Bourne
"Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue it likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has"
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Randolph Bourne
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21 Quotes by Randolph Bourne
Randolph Bourne has 21 quotes on this site.
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Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
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War is the Health of the State.
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One keeps healthy in wartime...by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part.
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In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to…
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War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for…
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Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the…
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No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how many imperfect and…
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The State is not the nation, and the State can be modified and even abolished in its present form, without…
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We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear. Although we can never rivet our…
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The ironic life is a life keenly alert, keenly sensitive, reacting promptly with feelings of liking or dislike to each…
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He who mounts a wild elephant goes where the elephant goes.
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A good discussion increases the dimensions of everyone who takes part.
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More Carving Quotes
This quote is filed under Carving Quotes,
one of 72 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction…
— Adrienne Clarkson
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What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin…
— John Updike
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She's like a queen, magnificently tall, with a lovely figure, a stately neck, and a face of the most delicate…
— Unknown Author
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Don't die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be. You may go broke. You may experience…
— Steve Pavlina
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Culture is the heritage of us all. some may be more interested than others in the treasures of the past,…
— Unknown Author
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Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a…
— Julia Child
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When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of a…
— Craig Claiborne
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One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind…
— Marya Hornbacher
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Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the…
— Randolph Bourne
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Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up…
— Graeme Le Saux
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Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than…
— Henry Moore
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Carving is a source of joy to the artist. . . . To attack the raw material, gradually to extract…
— Aristide Maillol
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