Gotthold Ephraim Lessing quote: "Sollte die Freiheit zu streben, die uns die Götter in allen Umständen des Lebens gelassen haben, sollte diese ein Mensch dem andern verkümmern können?"

Joy makes us giddy, dizzy. [Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.]
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING

The superstition in which we grew up,
Though we may recognize it, does not lose
Its power over...
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A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.
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Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident...
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The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist Doch einzig und...
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING

Borrowing is not much better than begging. [Ger., Borgen ist nicht viel besser als betteln.]
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING

For the will and not the gift makes the giver. [Ger., Denn der Wille Und nicht die Gabe macht ...
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They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.
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For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
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Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
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While Fell was reposing himself in the hay, A reptile concealed bit his leg as he lay; But, al...
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING

Suspicion follows close on mistrust. [Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.]
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.
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They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds
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Das Blut allein macht lange noch den Vater nicht.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

If some things don’t make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by...
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
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A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from the eye through the arm to the...
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose
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The search for truth is more precious than its possession.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
GOTTHOLD LESSING

It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort whic...
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Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
GOTTHOLD LESSING

Jews are frequently compared to the proverbial 'canary in the coal mine,' an enduring signal...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Words make a world of difference. Over time, they become charged with inference and allusion and, de...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Anti-Semitism is not just a problem for Jews; it is a problem for all of our society.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

The beth din is the court of the chief rabbi. I see myself taking an active role within the beth din...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

concrete warnings of plans to carry out an attack at the shrine itself.
EPHRAIM SNEH

Holocaust denial, once the preserve of fringe conspiracy theorists, has mutated into Holocaust obfus...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

If they think they have some immunity in the refugee camps, they are mistaken and we've proved it,
EPHRAIM SNEH

As we wander, grieving, in yet another dark moment, amid our pain we must struggle to remember the r...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

There are absolutely no security related reasons to cancel flights to Israel, ... We are demanding a...
EPHRAIM SNEH

They intended to lay explosives in the center of one of the Israeli towns and to inflict very heavy ...
EPHRAIM SNEH

We presume that when El Al passengers are attacked by a gunman at an international airport, we belie...
EPHRAIM SNEH

If there is no major event that would have a dramatic or fundamental effect on the public, then I th...
EPHRAIM YAAR

While silence can in some circumstances bespeak noble self-control, it can also signify suppression,...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Open a Jewish daily prayer book used in any part of the world, and Zionism will leap out at you.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

The Holocaust remains unique in contemporary Jewish consciousness for its capacity to engender the m...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

This is a tragedy, and they do it with a pretext or without it.
EPHRAIM SNEH

I'm afraid this is the last chance, because a collapse of this summit may lead to, as I've said befo...
EPHRAIM SNEH

Since we face a guerrilla warfare, we have to take measures which are counter-guerrilla, ... This is...
EPHRAIM SNEH

Since the Palestinians are beginning to wage something that approximates a guerrilla war, our helico...
EPHRAIM SNEH

We will take only those actions which are needed to the security of the Israelis,
EPHRAIM SNEH

We are at a very critical point, ... If Arafat gives a clear final order to stop the violence, and t...
EPHRAIM SNEH

We are now exactly in a crossroad, and Chairman (Yasser) Arafat has to take a bold decision to stop ...
EPHRAIM SNEH

I think we had some outstanding performances over the last two days. It's development, so that even ...
EPHRAIM SERRETTE

My commissioner of police is in the area and once I get a briefing, I will release the details.
EPHRAIM MATEYO

I shall not relent in fighting these criminals.
EPHRAIM MATEYO

Shoot to kill, that's the only message which will make them stop their criminal activities.
EPHRAIM MATEYO

The awards started at a time when there was no form of recognition for reggae in the world.
EPHRAIM MARTIN

If Palestinians engage in another wave of terrorism, this will further strengthen Netanyahu, but I'm...
EPHRAIM INBAR

He's showing that he's a veteran, talking tough but not too tough. Promising plans, but staying vagu...
EPHRAIM INBAR

Bargaining will be difficult. In the past 20 years we've seen coalitions that do not hold. This prob...
EPHRAIM INBAR

I feel very privileged indeed to be appointed to be the next Chief Rabbi.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

'Rabbi' means 'teacher,' and I see the role of chief rabbi as chief teacher.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

All societies wrestle with the scourge of prejudice, but validating that prejudice in statute makes ...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

I don't want to commit,
EPHRAIM SNEH

I was honoured recently to accept the position of president of Mizrachi U.K. I did so because I beli...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

In the face of death, we will continue to choose and sanctify life.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Britain has been good to the Jews, and the Jews have been good for Britain.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

The rabbis will find in me personally someone who cares about their future and welfare.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Anyone who truly understands what apartheid was cannot possibly look around Israel today and honestl...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

My track record is that I have always sought to work with warmth and in a constructive way with the ...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Let no Jew, regardless of their circumstances, feel that he or she cannot experience that unique mom...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Life has an absolute value and its preservation takes precedence over other commandments.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

All political parties share in the responsibility to rid our society of anti-Semitism, but we cannot...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

When someone denies the right of Israel to exist, it hurts us, just as an attack on a close member o...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

We protest to our last breath against the purveyors of hatred, cruelty and violence.
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Free speech may be a right, but only by using it as a force for good in the world do we make it a vi...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Ethics, politics and psychology are all far more difficult to understand now that we know the depths...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance o...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Human beings are partners of the Almighty in bringing life into the world, and we are his partners a...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

Shimon Peres was the greatest living example of an unshakable belief in the pursuit of peace against...
EPHRAIM MIRVIS

When you're young you think that you're going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and pea...
DORIS LESSING

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eigh...
DORIS LESSING

Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our...
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When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Sout...
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When I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And...
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You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconcei...
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When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I ha...
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Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
DORRIS LESSING

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being give...
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Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is...
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The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty ...
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Over the plains of Ethiopia the sun rose as I had not seen it in seven years. A big, cool, empty sky...
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What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate, that you don't need love when you ...
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In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
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Laughter is by definition healthy.
DORRIS LESSING

Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is someth...
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A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.
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Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.
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What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love wh...
DORIS LESSING

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abst...
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That's what learning is. You suddenly understand something you understood all your life, but in a ne...
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Laughter is by definition healthy.
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Better Counsel comes overnight.
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Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than ste...
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Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.
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What is a hero without love for mankind.
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Man who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!
DORIS LESSING

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.
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The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.
DORIS LESSING

This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped....
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It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.
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If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtl...
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Pearls mean tears.
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The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty...
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In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
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In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in ...
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The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in 70 or 80 years. You...
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There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.
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In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools...
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Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.
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Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given...
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You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.
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This is because Marxism looks at things as a whole and in relation to each other—or tries to, but ...
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The World War I, I'm a child of World War I. And I really know about the children of war. Becaus...
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Literature is analysis after the event.
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Small things amuse small minds.
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Novels give you the matrix of emotions, give you the flavour of a time in a way formal history canno...
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I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they...
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All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to s...
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The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty y...
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In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
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With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic...
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Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself
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What I really can't stand about the feminist revolution is that it produced some of the smuggest...
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What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...
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My father was in the First World War.
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped....
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What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imaginat...
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September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Am...
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You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing
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Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors.
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You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at ...
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Loneliness, she thought, was craving for other people's company. But she did not know that lonelines...
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We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly less stupid than we are to accept truths tha...
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You and I, Ella, we are the failures. We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly more s...
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All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel the roughness of a carpet under smoo...
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Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.
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And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a ...
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There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the...
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Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fanta...
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Time Bites: Views and Reviews
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I have found it to be true that the older I've become the better my life has become.
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In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.
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Laughter is by definition healthy
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What matters most is that we learn from living
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I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't t...
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There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.
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If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of suble...
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The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes show...
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Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily col...
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فكري بالطريقة الخاطئة ولكن من فضلك ، فكري في نفسك في كل ...
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When I started, there were no big interviews, no television, no profiles and all that. The publisher...
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For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating, ex...
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أنا خطر؟ هذا الشيء الصغير الذي يسهل كسره الذي هو أنا، ا�...
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I think a writer's job is to provoke questions. I like to think that if someone's read a boo...
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A hundred things to do, but only one thing to be," he said, obstinately. "But perhaps I don't feel m...
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In fact I've reached the stage where I look at people and say - he or she, they are whole at all bec...
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I am always amazed, in myself and in other women, at the strength of our need to bolster men up. Thi...
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He destroyed in her the knowing, doubting, sophisticated Ella, and again and again he put her intell...
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...She thinks, for the hundredth time, that in their emotional life all these intelligent men use a ...
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I have you for being normal, I hate you for it. You’re a normal human being. What right have you t...
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...We try to have things both ways. We’ve always refused to live by the book and the rule; but the...
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I stood looking down out of the window. The street seemed miles down. Suddenly I felt as if I'd flun...
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I am increasingly afflicted by vertigo where words mean nothing
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Anna, there's something very arrogant about insisting on the right to be right.
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Free women," said Anna, wryly. She added, with an anger new to Molly, so that she earned another qui...
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Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when yo...
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For women like me, integrity isn't chastity, it isn't fidelity, it isn't any of the old words. Integ...
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I don't know why I still find it so hard to accept that words are faulty and by their very nature in...
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Words. Words. I play with words, hoping that some combination, even a chance combination, will say w...
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People are just cannibals unless they leave each other alone.
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I was filled with such a dangerous delicious intoxication that I could have walked straight off the ...
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I'm going to make the obvious point that maybe the word neurotic means the condition of being highly...
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How boring these emotions are that we're caught in and can't get free of, no matter how much we want...
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We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly more stupid than ourselves to accept truths ...
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Because I was permanently confused, dissatisfied, unhappy, tormented by inadequacy, driven by wantin...
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Art is the Mirror of our betrayed ideals.
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For with my intuition I knew that this man was repeating a pattern over and over again: courting a w...
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Sometimes I dislike women, I dislike us all, because of our capacity for not-thinking when it suits ...
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Very few people really care about freedom, about liberty, about the truth, very few. Very few people...
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Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish th...
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I do have a sense, and I've never not had it, of how easily things can vanish.
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Y'know, there's a very interesting state of Anarchy up there. Everything's cracking up. That lot of ...
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We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.
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I am a person who continually destroys the possibilities of a future because of the numbers of alter...
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In the writing process, the more the story cooks, the better. The brain works for you even when you ...
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I don't write well when I'm sitting there sweating about every single phrase.
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I always hated Tony Blair, from the beginning.
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Mas como era extraordinária aquela sala cheia de gente — ou melhor, de animais -, a olhar na mesm...
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Sollte die Freiheit zu streben, die uns die Götter in allen Umständen des Lebens gelassen haben, sollte diese ein Mensch dem andern verkümmern können?

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Sollte die Freiheit zu streben, die uns die Götter in allen Umständen des Lebens gelassen haben, sollte diese ein Mensch dem andern verkümmern können?

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