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Well? when I write my book, and tell the tale Of my adventures? all these little stars That shake out of my cloak? I must save those To use for asterisks... Cyrano de Bergerac
In other words, the unique value of the 'authentic' work of art has its basis in ritual, the location of its original use value. This ritualistic basis, however remote, is still recognizable as secularized ritual even in the most profane forms of the cult of beauty. Walter Benjamin
There was no God in his heart, he knew; his ideas were still in riot; there was ever the pain of memory; the regret for his lost youth-yet thewaters of disillusion had left a deposit on his soul, responsibility and alove of life, the faint stirring of old ambitions and unrealizeddreams...... And he could not tell why the struggle was worth while, why he haddetermined to use to the utmost himself and his heritage from thepersonalities he had passed... He stretched out his arms to the... F. Scott Fitzgerald
Steven Wright quote: "My school colors were clear. We used to say, 'I'm not naked,..."
My school colors were clear. We used to say, 'I'm not naked, I'm in the band. Steven Wright
There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of inventing phrases for themselves. George Orwell
I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off. George R. R. Martin
Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess and out of it comes some joy. It must be magic. Anne Lamott
Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in Old Maid; the player who is finally with it has lost. Evelyn Waugh
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might..."
If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be useful. I can't say. But it might. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Desmond Tutu quote: "Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread,..."
Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back. Desmond Tutu
Oswald: Why dost thou use me thus? I know thee not. Kent: Fellow, I know thee. Oswald: What dost thou know me for? Kent: A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy; worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking whoreson, glass-gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward,... William Shakespeare
George Mikes quote: "You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people,..."
You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. George Mikes
Such a captive maiden, having plenty of time to think, soon realizes that her tower, its height and architecture, are like her ego only incidental: that what really keeps her where she is is magic, anonymous and malignant, visited on her from outside and for no reason at all. Having no apparatus except gut fear and female cunning to examine this formless magic, to understand how it works, how to measure its field strength, count its lines of force, she may fall back on superstition, or take... Thomas Pynchon
Anton Chekhov quote: "If ever my life can be of any use to you, come and claim it."
If ever my life can be of any use to you, come and claim it. Anton Chekhov
Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to forgive the people you love. Glenn Beck

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