"Just to say "Well, God is dead" in one breath is to say, in another, that nothing means anything. This is the moment of nihilism. Nihilism is the affirmation of meaninglessness."

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Source : "Nihilism, punk and the international necronautical society: an interview with simon critchley". Interview with Steven Fowler, www.3ammagazine.com. March 30, 2009.

Simon Critchley

#Mean Quotes #Nihilism Quotes #Affirmation Quotes

“When a team tells you weâ€™re going to let you get your option regardless if you get it or not, thatâ€™s a message to you as to what you need to do in order to make this team or to be on this team next year.”
“If you talk to your body, it will listen.”
“Over, over, there is a soft place in my heart for all that is over, no, for the being over, words have been my only loves, not many.”
“But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always going to be you and if they don't like you for who you are, then what's the point of being someone else?”
“Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it.”
“There is not one grain of anything in the world that is sold in the free market. Not one. The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.”
“The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.”
“I've always been a fan of a Johnny Carson because he was so great with an audience and not afraid of self-deprecating humor.”

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