Doe Quotes
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A culture that does not aspire to the divine becomes obsessed with the fascination of evil, reveling in the frivolous, the depraved, and the bestial.
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What if what has been said one time not only does not cease to be said but always recommences, and not only recommences but also imposes upon us the idea that nothing has ever truly begun, having from the beginning begun by beginning again.
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When a person knows and can't make the others understand, what does he do?
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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
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The first thing that intellect does with an object is to class it with something else.
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Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them.
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Surely He does not give us hearts so we may spend our lives ignoring them.
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What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment of the New York music experience.
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The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.
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A cough is something that you yourself cant help, but everybody else does on purpose just to torment you.
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Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)... Continue seeking Him with seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be wanting Him.
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Money doesn't grow on trees but it does hang out in lakes
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Everything is eternal Nothingness does not exist No thing has ever become nothing And nothing has never become something What is has always been and will always be
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It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with it.
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Nina Simone's music is incredibly honest. That's like saying, "Why does Jesus' word still stay around?" It's incredibly honest and it's good.
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Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. The aphorist does not argue or explain, he asserts; and implicit in his assertion is a conviction that he is wiser and more intelligent than his readers.
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Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.
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Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief.
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Everything is tedious when one does not read with the feeling of the Author.
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The true Christian does not need to be reminded that he has a crucified Master. He often thinks of Him.
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Since the same human mire remains beneath, does not all civilization reduce itself to the superiority of smelling nice and living well?
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Capitalism does what it does and money doesn't belong to anybody. It just stays in someone's wallet for a while, then it goes somewhere else. It always goes somewhere and it is always about to go somewhere.
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There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the French air clears up the brain and does good—a world of good.
