"To speak the truth is the most difficult of all arts, for in its "pure" form, not connected with the interests of individuals, groups, classes, or nations, truth is almost completely unsuitable for use by the Philistine and is unacceptable to him."

-- Maxim Gorky

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“Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve.”
“The camera is one of the greatest liars of our time.”
“If astronomy teaches anything, it teaches that man is but a detail in the evolution of the universe, and the resemblant though diverse details are inevitably to be expected in the hosts of orbs around him. He learns that, though he will probably never find his double anywhere, he is destined to discover any number of cousins scattered through space.”

Source : Percival Lowell (2006). “Mars (Large Print)”, p.154, ReadHowYouWant.com
“It may be an information age, but... It takes more work to earn more money to be overwhelmed by more information that does not equal knowledge or wisdom.”
“This doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind.”

Source : Herbert J. Muller (1952). “the Uses of the Past”
“Contentment is a state of the heart, not a state of affairs.”
“I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.”
“I feel like that's how women feel in a way. You can get paranoid because everyone actually is a conspiracy to diminish your power.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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