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Chuck Palahniuk
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SUSANA ALMEIDA Mas além da arquitetura, os blogs também resolveram o problema das regras. Não existe (ainda) nen... LAWRENCE LESSIG Não retenhamos coisa alguma dAquele que deu Sua preciosa vida por nós. ... Consagremos todos a Deu... ELLEN G. WHITE Falar do passado é o mais fácil que há, está tudo escrito, é só repetir, papaguear, conferir p... JOSé SARAMAGO - Estou dizendo ao senhor. Sempre digo aos senhores funcionários da magistratura - prosseguiu o adv... LEO TOLSTOY E assim, quando os geeks e os tecnólogos defendem as tecnologias dos novos Armstrongs ou irmãos Wr... LAWRENCE LESSIG A questão é: você já reparou como nós esmagamos uma barata numa boa e não sentimos remorso nen... CAMILO GOMES JR. E ele permite aos leitores "triangularem a verdade", como Winer definiu. Os blogs, Winer afirma, sã... LAWRENCE LESSIG “Deus é amor” (1 João 4:8), está escrito sobre cada botão que desabrocha, sobre cada haste d... ELLEN G. WHITE O pilar e o anel em forma de círculo representam os princípios masculino e feminino. Na Grécia an... JEAN SHINODA BOLEN Isso é mais uma coisa que aprendi com o tempo, sabe? O bem e o mal não existem! Quer dizer, existi... CAMILO GOMES JR. É, o mundo moderno tem um tipo de seleção natural e não tem jeito de eu me encaixar nessa histó... IRVINE WELSH Era só isso?" _ Sim, só isso. Existe sabedoria na descoberta de que tudo é imperfeito e triv... FABíOLA SIMõES Esse ciclo diferenciado é possível porque as pressões comerciais que existem em outros meios não... LAWRENCE LESSIG O amor é sempre paciente e terno, nunca é invejoso. O amor nunca é pretensioso, nem vaidoso. Nunc... NICHOLAS SPARKS Tenho consciência de ser autêntica e procuro superar todos os dias minha própria personalidade, d... CORA CORALINA A terra pode oferecer o suficiente para satisfazer a necessidade de todos os homens, mas não para s... MAHATMA GANDHI E aprendi oque é óbvio para uma criança. Que a vida é simplesmente uma coleção de pequenas vid... NICHOLAS SPARKS Os que são fiéis à vocação de mensageiros de Deus, não buscarão honra para si mesmos. O amor ... ELLEN G. WHITE Enquanto não consentirmos em pecar, não há poder, diabólico ou humano, que nos possa trazer uma ... ELLEN G. WHITE Você não grita nem acorda. Não há terror, mesmo sendo aterrorizante: é assim que é. E pior ain... CAIO FERNANDO ABREU Descobri que ajuda muito na convivência com os outros. Às vezes a gente não sabe o que dizer e en... LYGIA FAGUNDES TELLES Como é que sabes que era amor? Bem, sabe-se que é amor quando tudo o que nos apetece fazer é... NICHOLAS SPARKS Todas as mulheres são mais materialistas do que os homens. Nós fazemos do amor algo enorme, mas el... LEO TOLSTOY É arriscado especular antes de ter dados na mão...inconscientemente começa-se a torcer os factos ... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE A enorme multiplicação de livros, de todos os ramos do conhecimento, é um dos maiores males de no... EDGAR ALLAN POE O mais corrente neste mundo, nestes tempos em que às cegas vamos tropeçando, é esbarrarmos, ao vi... JOSé SARAMAGO Ninguém o pode aconselhar ou ajudar, — ninguém. Não há senão um caminho. Procure entrar ... RAINER MARIA RILKE O darwinismo é uma teoria de processos cumulativos tão lentos que se desenrolam ao longo de milhar... RICHARD DAWKINS Pergunto-me, às vezes, o que pensarão os meus amigos quando vêem os seus entes queridos afas... NICHOLAS SPARKS Os gatos não têm nomes - respondeu. Não? - perguntou Coraline. Não - respondeu o gato.... NEIL GAIMAN Ele me revelou um lado melhor do meu ser. Quer dizer, não falo apenas do talento para literatura. R... CAMILO GOMES JR. As aparições são, por assim dizer, pedaços ou fragmentos de outros mundos, o seu princípio. É ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Os homens que andam divorciados de Deus deixam de ver e interpretar as expressões mais eloquentes d... JURACI ROCHA Os livros de física podem ser complicados, mas eles, assim como os carros e os computadores, são p... RICHARD DAWKINS O andar de Enoque com Deus não foi em arrebatamento de sentidos ou visão, mas em todos os deveres ... ELLEN G. WHITE Por outro lado, quando você se sentir tentado a não se incomodar com os problemas de alguém porqu... C.S. LEWIS Às vezes me lembro dele. Sem rancor, sem saudade, sem tristeza. Sem nenhum sentimento especial a n�... CAIO FERNANDO ABREU Amar é, sempre, ser vulnerável. Para que nunca se sofra com isso, aconselha-se não se amar algo, ... C.S. LEWIS Quero hoje dizer-te uma coisa, algo que já sei há bastante tempo, e que também tu já sabes, mas ... HERMANN HESSE Há um morcego de papel da festa das bruxas pendurado num cordão acima de sua cabeça; ele levanta ... KEN KESEY Tolerância universal é indiferença. Quem tolera tudo, é porque não se importa com nada'. RUBEM ALVES Atualmente nós estamos no meio de outra "guerra" contra a "pirataria". A Internet provocou essa gue... LAWRENCE LESSIG Os meios de que dispomos talvez não pareçam suficientes para a obra mas, se avançarmos com fé, c... ELLEN G. WHITE (...) a língua é, para o espírito de uma nação, o que o estilo é para o espírito de um indiv�... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A vida no campo é assim: nos anos de abundância, quando chove muito e nas alturas certas, enchem-s... MIGUEL SOUSA TAVARES Coitadinhos ou coitadinhas não devem ir a campo de batalha. Só atrapalham. Alguém gostaria de ter... JORGE KISHIKAWA À medida que a mídia convencional tradicional é substituída por uma imprensa personalizada, a in... ANDREW KEEN O ponto é o princípio ou a origem da linha, mas não sua causa; o instante é o princípio ou a or... GIORDANO BRUNO Tendemos a desejar que ninguém morra e nada termine daquilo que nos acompanha e é nosso amado cost... JAVIER MARíAS É a sensação de rodar, rodar, rodar sem saber exatamente para onde estava indo ou como se já est... LEILA GOMES LOPES O mito não passa da face misteriosa e oculta do Logos, que terá de ser continuamente por nós desv... ÂNGELO MONTEIRO Há qualquer coisa de libertador associada à perda de tudo. Primeiro chora-se, depois fica-se atord... JUDITH MERKLE RILEY Prometeram-nos paraísos e ameaçaram-nos com infernos, tão falsos uns como os outros, insultos des... JOSé SARAMAGO olhe, hoje é possível reviver o fascismo, quer saber. é possível na perfeição. basta ser-se tr... VALTER HUGO MãE A obrigação de se levantar contra os opressores é do povo. Em toda a história, sempre foi. E o c... JORGE LOURENçO As coisas que fazem de mim aquilo que sou. As recordações que mais ninguém conhece. ANA TERESA PEREIRA Um aspecto muito visível do desaparecimento das velhas garantias é a nova fragilidade dos laços h... ZYGMUNT BAUMAN A cronologia da infância não segue uma linha reta, mas é feita de sobressaltos. A memória é um ... HéCTOR ABAD FACIOLINCE Nossos dias são muito curtos para que tomemos, nos próprios ombros, o peso dos erros de outrem. Ca... OSCAR WILDE Epitáfio /J.L.Borges (?) Já somos a ausência que seremos. O pó elementar que nos ignor... HéCTOR ABAD FACIOLINCE Vai chegar um dia em que todos vamos estar mortos. Todos nós. Vai chegar um dia em que não vai sob... JOHN GREEN Ninguém está satisfeito com os bens que possui, mas todos estão satisfeitos com a inteligência q... LEO TOLSTOY Esse protecionismo não visa proteger os artistas. Na verdade, esse é um protecionismo que visa pro... LAWRENCE LESSIG - As wiccanfae não merecem estar entre nós...e Tir Alainn não é o lugar delas. - Nesse ca... ANNE BISHOP Abril é o mês mais cruel, gera lilases da terra morta, mistura a memória e o desejo, mistura raí... JULIA GREGSON O que parece haver de desprezo entre homem e homem, de indiferente que permite que se mate gente sem... FERNANDO PESSOA Tanto os pastores como os marinheiros, ou os caixeiros-viajantes, sempre conheciam uma cidade onde h... PAULO COELHO Mesmo os lugares mais rarefeitos, como o espaço sideral e a estupidez humana, são preenchidos por ... AFONSO CRUZ Esse protecionismo não visa proteger os artistas. Na verdade, esse é um protecionismo que visa pro... LAWRENCE LESSIG Quando vires os teus olhos a verem-te, quando não souberes se tu és tu ou se o teu reflexo no espe... JOSé LUíS PEIXOTO Não sou nada. Nunca serei nada. Não posso querer ser nada. À parte isso, tenho ... FERNANDO PESSOA Ser moderno é tratar de sabotar os lugares-comuns de seu tempo. Programa complexo: o nosso tende a ... OLIVIER ROLIN A Bíblia não foi escrita apenas para os eruditos; pelo contrário, destina-se às pessoas comuns. ... ELLEN G. WHITE A poesia traz grande beleza à vida, mas também uma grande tristeza, e não tenho a certeza se a tr... NICHOLAS SPARKS Os livros são escritos devido a anos virados do avesso por ideias que não nos libertam até serem ... RICHARD BACH Os nomes penetram-nos até aos ossos. ERNEST HEMINGWAY A arte é a mais intensa forma de individualismo que o mundo conhece. OSCAR WILDE Quando brilhou a aurora, dissolveram-se Entre a luz as florestas encantadas Arvoredos azui... SOPHIA DE MELLO BREYNER ANDRESEN Ele [Deus] suscitará dentre o povo comum a homens e mulheres que realizem Sua obra. Em breve haver�... ELLEN G. WHITE (...) compor meticulosamente o cadastro afetivo e o retrato fantástico-histórico de uma comunidade... GESUALDO BUFALINO Nunca percebi, disse-me um dia, por que é que os meus pais me puseram, no meio de tanta pobreza, es... ROSA LOBATO DE FARIA Sem indivíduos, vemos apenas números: mil mortos, cem mil mortos, «as mortes podem chegar a um mi... NEIL GAIMAN «Albrecht discorre sobre este jogo popular [petanca]. [...] Devíamos ser capazes, todos de aprende... MANUEL JORGE MARMELO - Não sei se interprete as suas palavras como um galanteio, se não - replicou Scarlett, indecisa.<... MARGARET MITCHELL Não sei se a Arte nos deve salvar, mas tenho a certeza de que pode conduzir ao melhor que há em n�... VALTER HUGO MãE Não exagero ao afirmar que o primeiro problema com que me defrontei na vida foi a questão da belez... YUKIO MISHIMA, 三島 由紀夫 - Escute mais isso. Por outro lado, forças jovens, frescas, sucumbem em vão por falta de apoio, e ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Primeiro surgiu o homem nu de cabeça baixa. Deus veio num raio. Então apareceram os bichos que com... FERNANDO BONASSI Clark observa a actividade nocturna na pista, os aviões que estão parados à vinte anos, o reflexo... EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL As tecnologias digitais criam o ambiente propício para uma nova forma de bricolagem, ou "colagem li... LAWRENCE LESSIG -Para onde é que vai o Kurika quando morrer, perguntou-me certo dia a minha filha, depois de um dos... MANUEL ALEGRE O Filósofo e a Velhice Não é bom deixar a noite julgar o dia: pois com frequência o cansaç... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
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CHUCK PALAHNIUK I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it mi... CHUCK PALAHNIUK People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I'd see them on tour they... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inven... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Every decade, we get a stunning collection of dynamic, heartbreaking short stories. In the past, tho... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Horror stories give us a way of exhausting our emotions around social issues, like a woman's rig... CHUCK PALAHNIUK The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. CHUCK PALAHNIUK HELLO! Look at me. HELLO! I am so ZEN. This is BLOOD. This is NOTHING. Hello. Everything is nothing,... CHUCK PALAHNIUK With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels. CHUCK PALAHNIUK What I did was pour out about a gallon of Chanel Number Five and put a burning wedding invitation to... CHUCK PALAHNIUK If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, doesn't it just lie there and rot? CHUCK PALAHNIUK Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing. Like the first monkey shot into space. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Find out what you're afraid of and go live there. CHUCK PALAHNIUK The idea that population growth guarantees a better life - financially or otherwise - is a myth that... CHUCK PALAHNIUK I tell everyone I interact with what I'm working on and let them bring me anecdotes that illustr... CHUCK PALAHNIUK 'At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom' by Amy Hempel showed me the lean quality of prose. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you take my stuff apart, you'll find my choruses of repetitions are picked up almost verbatim... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Someday you will die, and until you know that, you're useless to me. CHUCK PALAHNIUK She's not wearing makeup so her face just looks like skin. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Language, she said, was just our way to explain away the wonder and glory of the world. To deconstru... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Sometimes the very best way to deal with unpleasant things is to depict them in ways that allow peop... CHUCK PALAHNIUK My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a boo... CHUCK PALAHNIUK My personal theory is that younger audiences disdain books - not because those readers are dumber th... CHUCK PALAHNIUK He was the kind of boy any young girl should date while she's still able to recover. CHUCK PALAHNIUK My secret wish is right now to be romancing this dead girl. A dead girl. Any dead girl. I'm not what... CHUCK PALAHNIUK One thing I really envy about my friends who have kids is that as their children develop, they'r... CHUCK PALAHNIUK You have no idea what it is like to constantly disappoint people. You see it the moment you meet the... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Tyler and me at the edge of the roof, the gun in my mouth, I'm wondering how clean this gun is. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Put a gun to my head and paint the wall with my brains. CHUCK PALAHNIUK I try to forget about the expectation that's out there and the audience listening for the next t... CHUCK PALAHNIUK In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then peop... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you. CHUCK PALAHNIUK The things you used to own, now they own you. CHUCK PALAHNIUK For me and my entire generation, we took on this kind of sarcastic, ironic, snarkiness because it se... CHUCK PALAHNIUK No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood ed... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justifie... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Hysteria is only possible with an audience. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have ... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things th... CHUCK PALAHNIUK With a gun stuck in your mouth and the barrel of the gun between your teeth, you can only talk in vo... CHUCK PALAHNIUK The things you own end up owning you. CHUCK PALAHNIUK No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide. CHUCK PALAHNIUK We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depre... CHUCK PALAHNIUK We just had a near-life experience! CHUCK PALAHNIUK This is why I loved the support groups so much. If people thought you were dying, they gave you thei... CHUCK PALAHNIUK It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you could be God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose? CHUCK PALAHNIUK Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough. CHUCK PALAHNIUK A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfec... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Masochism is a valuable job skill. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humor left. CHUCK PALAHNIUK Which is worse: Hell or nothing? CHUCK PALAHNIUK People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distrac... CHUCK PALAHNIUK You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sof... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Real discoveries come from chaos. CHUCK PALAHNIUK The future is just wasted on some people. CHUCK PALAHNIUK You can find fresh pain every time you discover what you pretty much already know. CHUCK PALAHNIUK If you dont know what you want, you end up with a lot you dont CHUCK PALAHNIUK Theres always the chance you could die right in the middle of your life story CHUCK PALAHNIUK Us. God's forgotten Science Fair project, left to grow mold. God's goldfish, ignored until we're for... CHUCK PALAHNIUK As if you cut open a rag doll with a sill name, and found inside:Real intestines, real lungs, a beat... CHUCK PALAHNIUK You are not special. Your are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic... CHUCK PALAHNIUK I tell everybody, i'm tired of being jerked around, okay? so lets just not pretend. i don't have fuc... CHUCK PALAHNIUK