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“Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.”
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“After all, things are what they are. A message is a message, plates are plates, men are men, and life is life.”
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“Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'”
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“I don't just want to be the girl boys get excited about, I have no desire for people to see me in a sexy way. I won't do nudity ever.”
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“Sport is quite a simple thing. It is play, and in play, people of all ages find the chance to engage their most profound emotions-love, fear, excitement, disappointment, anger and joy.”
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“You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you have nothing else”
Source : Joe Abercrombie (2009). “The Blade Itself: The First Law: Book One”, p.71, Hachette UK
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“Photography is an act of love.”
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“It was less a literary thing than a linguistic, philosophical preoccupation... discovering how far you can go with language to create immediate, elementary experience.”
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“As a society, we've become terrified of failure, but you can't grow without risking it.”
Source : "I Went Camping With Bear Grylls, And Survived". Interview with Wes Siler, gizmodo.com. November 20, 2014.
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“The scariest part of forever is that nothing is.”
Source : Deb Caletti (2012). “The Story of Us”, p.232, Simon and Schuster