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To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaton
I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies. Ben Affleck
Theodor Adorno quote: "The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own..."
The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power. Theodor Adorno
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. Theodor Adorno
That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy. Freda Adler
Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin! Joseph Addison
James Truslow Adams quote: "The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter..."
The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. James Truslow Adams
Edward Abbey quote: "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against..."
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. Edward Abbey
Victor Hugo quote: "I see black light (his last words)"
I see black light (his last words) Victor Hugo
Cormac McCarthy quote: "This is my child, he said. I wash a dead man's brains out of..."
This is my child, he said. I wash a dead man's brains out of his hair. That is my job. Cormac McCarthy
whats here a cup closed in my true loves hand poisin i see hath been his timeless end. oh churl drunk all and left no friendly drop to help me after. i will kiss thy lips some poisin doth hang on them, to help me die with a restorative. thy lips are warm. yea noise then ill be brief oh happy dagger this is thy sheath. there rust and let me die. William Shakespeare
I'll probably never produce a masterpiece, but so what? I feel I have a Sound aborning, which is my own, and that Sound if erratic is still my greatest pride, because I would rather write like a dancer shaking my ass to boogaloo inside my head, and perhaps reach only readers who like to use books to shake their asses, than to be or write for the man cloistered in a closet somewhere reading Aeschylus while this stupefying world careens crazily past his waxy windows toward its last raving sooty... Lester Bangs
My goal is to write every day. I say it is my ideal. I am careful not to pass judgment or create anxiety if I do not do it. No one lives up to his ideal. Natalie Goldberg
Samuel Johnson quote: "I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing..."
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. Samuel Johnson
He saw very clearly how all his life led only to this moment and all after led to nowhere at all. He felt something cold and soulless enter him like another being and he imagined that it smiled malignly and he had no reason to believe that it would ever leave. Cormac McCarthy

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