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Society is based on discontent: people wanting more and more and more, being continually dissatisfied with their homes, their bodies, their decor, their clothes, everything.


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And don't tell me the end justifies the means because it doesn't. We never reach the end. All we ever get is means. That's what we live with.



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That's what you get for ignoring the beauty of Tupperware.



I have known heaven, and now I am in hell, and there are mimes.

I have known heaven, and now I am in hell, and there are mimes.



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The tree of nonsense is watered with error, and from its branches swing the pumpkins of disaster.



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Ninjas are silly. They are the flower fairies of gong fu and karate.



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Photography is without mercy--though it's nonsense to say it does not lie. Rather, it lies in a particular, capricious way which makes beggars of ministers and gods of cat's meat men.



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We need to create the institutions that will support the society we want to live in. The only answer is collective action.




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Children, bored and opinionated, are scholars of the most dogmatic stripe.



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Law is error, you see. It's an attempt to write down a lot of things everyone ought to know anyway.





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People have forgotten this truth, " the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.

People have forgotten this truth, " the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.



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I'd rather stay asleep than have to learn all those frightening secrets.



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I make a living with a song, and I feel honored to do something I love and believe in.



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If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture.



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I don't go into the studio with the idea of 'saying' something. What I do is face the blank canvas and put a few arbitrary marks on it that start me on some sort of dialogue.



She studied him for a few more seconds. “You look too pretty to be useful.” I gasped in spite of myself. Adrian chuckled and shook her hand. “Truer words were never spoken,” he said.

She studied him for a few more seconds. “You look too pretty to be useful.” I gasped in spite of myself. Adrian chuckled and shook her hand. “Truer words were never spoken,” he said.



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When something is just bad, it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition. The artist hasn't attempted to do anything really outlandish.



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Relax and calm your mind. Forget about yourself and follow your opponent's movement.




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