Rudolf Bahro quotes

“When the forms of an old culture are dying, the new culture is created by a few people who are not afraid to be insecure.”
-- Rudolf Bahro

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“Animal experiments occupy a central place in the material and spiritual edifice of our whole civilization. We are speaking here of one of those foundation stones whose removal could cause the whole house to collapse.”
-- Rudolf Bahro

Source : Rudolf Bahro (1986). “Building the Green movement”, Library Company of Philadelphia

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“I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model.”

“The more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness of things is exchanged for mere certainty and security. On the other hand, the more we are forced to admit that we actually live in the real world, the more we feel ignorant, uncertain, and insecure about everything.”

“I've been on 'Days' since I was 16, and being surrounded by such thin, gorgeous actresses made me so insecure and self-conscious.”

“I like the pluralism of modernity; it doesn't threaten me or my faith. And if one's faith is dependent on being reinforced in every aspect of other people's lives, then it is a rather insecure faith, don't you think?”

“Most artists are notoriously insecure, and I fall into that category.”

Source : "Break Time Is Over : Anita Baker's last album was in 1990. Then everyone thought she was lost to motherhood. Guess everybody forgot to ask the important person: Baker". Interview with Dennis Hunt, articles.latimes.com. September 18, 1994.

“The stereotypical gay man is someone whose company I enjoy, someone who makes me laugh, someone I'd want my kid to be. The stereotypical gay woman makes me insecure, conscious of my failings as a feminist.”

“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”

Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK

“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”

“I love music videos, I really do. I think it's kind of sad that it's a dying art form.”

Source : "From ‘Misery’ to Twilight : Conversations With Maroon 5’s Adam Levine and Fanfarlo’s Simon Balthazar". Interview With Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 23, 2010.

“There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.”

Source : Agnes Smedley (1975). “Battle Hymn of China”