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“The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.”
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“Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product.”
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“Verse should be as natural As the small tuber that feeds on muck And grows slowly from obtuse soil To the white flower of immortal beauty”
Source : R. S. Thomas, “Poetry For Supper”
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“Negotiating with memories isn't easy: how to choose between those panting to be told, those still ripening, those already shriveling, and those destined to be mangled by language and come out pulverized?”
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“We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.”
Source : Willard Van Orman Quine, Patricia S. Churchland, Dagfinn Føllesdal (2013). “Word and Object”, p.15, MIT Press
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“A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.”
Source : Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.157, Bloomsbury Publishing
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“We are reorganizing in order to eliminate duplication and redundancy.”
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“The sacred truth of science is that there are no sacred truths.”
