"Sex-appeal is the keynote of our whole civilization."

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Source : Henri Bergson (2002). “Henri Bergson: Key Writings”, p.335, A&C Black

Henri Bergson

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“Finding an old friend is like finding a lost treasure.”
“Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.”

Source : Philip Roth (2006). “Everyman”, Random House Large Print Publishing
“artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.”
“Then they grow away from the earth then they grow away from the sun then they grow away from the plants and the animals. They see no life. When they look they see only objects. The world is a dead thing for them the trees and the rivers are not alive. the mountains and stones are not alive. The deer and bear are objects. They see no life. They fear. They fear the world. They destroy what they fear. They fear themselves.”
“Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business.”
“When a battle for suffrage is conducted, it should only be conducted according to socialist principles, and therefore with the demand of universal suffrage for women and men.”
“You are a victim of the rules you live by.”

Source : Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
“What's fun for other people may not be fun for you- and vice versa.”

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