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Quote Left High culture is nothing but a child of that European perversion called history, the obsession we have with going forward, with considering the sequence of generations a relay race in which everyone surpasses his predecessor, only to be surpassed by his successor. Without this relay race called history there would be no European art and what characterizes it: a longing for originality, a longing for change. Robespierre, Napoleon, Beethoven, Stalin, Picasso, they're all runners in the relay race, they all belong to the same stadium. Quote Right
Quote Left .... You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.' You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory - victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival. Quote Right
Quote Left There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet, unless we do try, something unique and never surpassed will cease to exist except in the libraries of a few inquisitive book lovers. Quote Right
Quote Left Our goal for this season was to win more than we lose, and we have far surpassed that goal. We've made some huge strides this year, and we didn't perform up to par tonight, we can do much better. Quote Right
Quote Left Every scientific fulfillment raises new questions; it asks to be surpassed and outdated. Quote Right
Quote Left 'Man's inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animals!' Quote Right

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Quote Left The gods made man, man made machines… both their creations surpassed them. Quote Right
Quote Left The gods made man, man made machines… both their creations surpassed them Quote Right
Quote Left TOUGH TIMES ARE SURPASSED ONLY BY BRAVE HEARTS. Quote Right

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