"Interpretation is a task that we repeatedly have to take up and start again from the beginning, Sisyphus-like. But, as Camus said, we must always imagine Sisyphus happy, and this is not so difficult when it's a matter of texts that reveal important truths about being human."

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George Pattison

#Important Quotes #Tasks Quotes #Matter Quotes

“The Internet is corporations all the way down.”
“Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India.”
“Swans in the winter air A white perfection have”
“It's like anything in life, visualizing the old man you're going to become: As long as you have a clear picture of that â€” the life you want to lead â€” eventually you'll probably get there.”
“A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.”
“Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses or kindnesses.”
“If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.”
“Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.”

Source : Harriet Ann Jacobs (1861). “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”, p.120

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