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A woman half dressed seemed to have some power, but a man was simply not as handsome as when he was naked, and not as secure as when he was clothed. John Irving
If watching television doesn't hasten death, it surely manages to make death very inviting; for television so shamelessly sentimentalizes and romanticizes death that it makes the living feel they have missed something - just by staying alive. John Irving
Esteemed friend, citizen of Athens, the greatest city in the world, so outstanding in both intelligence and power, aren't you ashamed to care so much to make all the money you can, and to advance your reputation and prestige--while for truth and wisdom and the improvement of your soul you have no care or worry? Socrates
Jane Austen quote: "Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would..."
Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise. Jane Austen
Like our bodies and like our desires, the machines we have devised are possessed of a heart which is slowly reduced to embers. W. G. Sebald
Let us have the candor to acknowledge that what we call "the economy" or "the free market" is less and less distinguishable from warfare. Wendell Berry
All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes from time to time. The difference between an average man and a warrior is that the warrior is aware of this, and one of his tasks is to be alert, deliberately waiting, so that when his cubic centimeter pops out he has the necessary speed, the prowess, to pick it up. Carlos Castaneda
You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you, but the function of the body and the awareness of the body results in dance and you become a dancer, not just a human being. Martha Graham
Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler form. Herman Melville
Whenever I have endured or accomplished some difficult task -- such as watching television, going out socially or sleeping -- I always look forward to rewarding myself with the small pleasure of getting back to my typewriter and writing something. Isaac Asimov
Ian Fleming quote: "They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive."
They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive. Ian Fleming
In the loss of skill, we lose stewardship; in losing stewardship we lose fellowship; we become outcasts from the great neighborhood of Creation. It is possible - as our experience in this good land shows - to exile ourselves from Creation, and to ally ourselves with the principle of destruction - which is, ultimately, the principle of nonentity. It is to be willing in general for being to not-be. And once we have allied ourselves with that principle, we are foolish to think that we can... Wendell Berry
I'm an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I'm a relation to Frankenstein's creation. Al Yankovic
Oh, Mona, we're all damned fools! Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear! Don't be so afraid to cry . . . or laugh, for that matter. Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool! Armistead Maupin
George Washington Carver quote: "Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have..."
Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses. George Washington Carver

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