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Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: One must still...

Friedrich Nietzsche: One must still...

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The world which...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The world which...

The world which credits what is done
Is cold to all that might have been.


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Werner Karl Heisenberg: Every tool carries...

Werner Karl Heisenberg: Every tool carries...

Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it had been created.

Source: In...

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Salvador Dali: The only difference...

Salvador Dali: The only difference...

The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.

Source: Diary of...

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Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: Evil is the...

Jean-Paul Sartre: Evil is the...

Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete.

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There's a helluva...

There's a helluva...

There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with...

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One of the...

One of the...

One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom...

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Michael Crichton: If true computer...

Michael Crichton: If true computer...

If true computer music were ever written, it would only be listened to by other computers.

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: It is not...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: It is not...

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities,...

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Peter Mere Latham: How is it...

Peter Mere Latham: How is it...

How is it that in medicine Truth is thus measured out to us in fragments, and we are never put in trust of it as a...

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Italo Calvino: A classic is...

Italo Calvino: A classic is...

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

Source: Why...

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Benedict Spinoza: If facts conflict...

Benedict Spinoza: If facts conflict...

If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.

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The three indispensables...

The three indispensables...

The three indispensables of genius are understanding, feeling, and perseverance. The three things that enrich genius...

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The principle of...

The principle of...

The principle of fashion is . . . the principle of the kaleidoscope. A new year can only bring us a new combination of...

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Why does life...

Why does life...

Why does life keep teaching me lessons I have no desire to learn?

Source: In

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The person who...

The person who...

The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils,...

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People who cannot...

People who cannot...

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.

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Mario Andretti: Circumstances may cause...

Mario Andretti: Circumstances may cause...

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.

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