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“There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere.”
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“If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of the oncoming train.”
Source : 'Since 1939' (1977).
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“Sometimes you do feel a script that glows in your hand the moment you start reading it. By page four of Shakespeare in Love, I said, 'I have to be in this movie.”
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“Never love that which you cannot keep.”
Source : Alexandra Adornetto (2011). “Hades”, p.270, Macmillan
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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
Source : Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2014). “The 10 Greatest Books of All Time”, p.262, Google Publishing
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“I have beliefs, of course, like everyone-but I don't always believe in them.”
Source : Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Milazzo (1989). “Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates”, p.74, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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“If you want to design a successful human society, you need to know what kind of animal we are. Are we a social animal or a selfish animal? Do we respond better when we're solitary or living in a group?”
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“Giving something your time isn't the same as giving it your attention.”
