Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.
Yoko Ono
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Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
P. D. James
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I believe in God and not religion, because I believe religion is the double cross. Because I've been double crossed by three religions, so I think I can safely say that religion - there is maybe something wrong with religion. Every temple that's put up may not be a holy one, so watch out.
Ja Rule
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You want to do a few things really well because you want to come out with a product that is fully baked, even though it may be lacking in a few features or whatever, rather than the one that's all-achieving but not doing anything too well.
Ram Shriram
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I'm not going to grouse and complain when there's nothing I can do about it. Once you've broken up with somebody, arguing with them is not going to bring them back. You may want to stop their Twitter account or call them up late at night, but they made the decision to leave.
Larry Wilmore
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Verjuice may not be the easiest thing in the world to find, but you should be able to track some down in good delis and online.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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It seems we will continue to have problems with this classification and it may be because it comes under the heading of creation rather than preservation.
Walter Lang
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Shakspeare never has six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven: but this does not refute my general assertion.
Samuel Johnson
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'Dear Reader,' New York Review of Books, May 21, 2015
C. K. Williams
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In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas...
Han Fei
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Indeed, if what you do offends me but does not harm me otherwise, there should be a very high bar for prohibiting your act. After all, any ban, and certainly any vigilante acts to enforce it, may offend you as much, or more, than the offence to me. Excessive political correctness stifles progress as much as excessive license and disrespect.
Raghuram Rajan
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Society is a system of inherited forms reducing our humiliating passivity to nature. We may alter these forms, slowly or suddenly, but no change in society will change nature.
Camille Paglia