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“Seems fairly clear that you fix a breed by LIMITING the amount of alien infiltration. You make a race by homogeneity and by avoiding INbreeding.... No argument has ever been sprouted against it. You like it in dogs and horses.”

Quote by Ezra Pound

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Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound was an American poet, literary critic, and economist. Born on October 30, 1885, and passing away on November 1, 1972, he is regarded as one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. Known for his work in the Imagist movement and his extensive contributions to literature, Pound played a pivotal role in shaping modern poetry. more

“Take the serious side of Disney, the Confucian side of Disney. It's in having taken an ethoswhere you have the values of courage and tenderness asserted in a way that everybody can understand. You have got an absolute genius there. You have got a greater correlation of nature than you have had since the time of Alexander the Great.”

Way Values Sides Taken Greater Serious Genius Absolutes Tenderness Correlation Confucian

Author:Ezra Pound

“Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.”

Worry Source

Book:Opportunity: And Other Essays and Addresses

Source: Opportunity: And Other Essays and Addresses

“I did not pray Him to lay bare The mystery to me, Enough the rose was Heaven to smell, And His own face to see.”

Enough Faces Heaven Prayer Mystery Praying Lays Rose Smell

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“Losers spend time explaining why they lost. Losers spend their lives thinking about what they're going to do. They rarely enjoy doing what they're doing.”