quotes about French Revolution
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Here, the revolution was prepared. Here it was achieved. Here all the great events were fostered.
-- Georges Couthon -
When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.
-- Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau -
In a few days, I will have them all guillotined in Paris.
-- Jean-Paul Marat -
The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don't build on the past. There is no past.
-- John CoriglianoSource : "The Gospel According To John Corigliano". Interview with Frank J. Oteri, www.newmusicbox.org. February 1, 2005.
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I trust we shall never be reduced to the painful extremity of seeking the aid of Mirabeau.
-- Marie Antoinette -
It [August 10th 1792] was the bloodiest day of the Revolution so far, but also one of the most decisive.
-- William Doyle
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“I'm hyper light-sensitive and must sleep in the equivalent of a sealed tomb.”
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“Hitler was a beginner compared to the comic-book industry.”
Source : "The Horror" by Louis Menand, www.newyorker.com. March 31, 2008.
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“Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.”
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“If I have a lot of adrenaline in my body, that is helpful because I feel less pain”
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Source : Source: collider.com