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“Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation.”
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“I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings.”
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“No one remembers who came fourth.”
Source : "No one remembers who came fourth" by Ros Taylor, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2004.
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“In mysticism that love of truth which we saw as the beginning of all philosophy leaves the merely intellectual sphere, and takes on the assured aspect of a personal passion. Where the philosopher guesses and argues, the mystic lives and looks; and speaks, consequently, the disconcerting language of first-hand experience, not the neat dialectic of the schools. Hence whilst the Absolute of the metaphysicians remains a diagram —impersonal and unattainable—the Absolute of the mystics is lovable, attainable, alive.”
Source : Evelyn Underhill (2012). “Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness”, p.38, Courier Corporation
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“I'm angry that the private sector, which is supposed to be in charge of running gasoline into the Valley, doesn't have its act together to deal with a critical situation, so now the public sector has to step in.”
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“I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this sh-. It's a very difficult thing to explain. My liver is not functioning and I'm throwing up all the time and ***** my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body.”
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“The heart has its reasons; it's the mind that's suspect.”
Source : Bel Kaufman (1964). “Up the down staircase”
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“But prices for the opening ceremony and some events' final competition should be a little bit higher.”