Famous quotes containing the words upper, arlington and/or historic:
“The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
““There are no millers any more,”
Was all that she had heard him say:
And he had lingered at the door
So long that it seemed yesterday.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)
“We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in “the social” our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial cosiness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
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