"Not all the ravages caused by our merciless age are tangible ones. The subtler forms of destruction, those involving only the human spirit, are the most to be dreaded."

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Source : Paul Bowles (1955). “The Spider's House”

Paul Bowles

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“I've been to strip clubs where the dancers have these whole routines that they create just for the wow factor and to say, 'Look how strong and physically fit I am.' Most women couldn't do it, and it's not necessarily sexual. It's just a performance.”

Source : "Megalyn Echikunwoke Talks Showtime’s HOUSE OF LIES, DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, and NBC Pilot BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 29, 2012.
“This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write.”
“Those things that are the most obvious are the very things we've most likely to overlook.”
“Hollywood isn't a place, it's a way of life.”
“The War office kept three sets of figures - one to mislead the public, another to mislead the cabinet and the third to mislead itself.”

Source : In Alistair Horne 'Price of Glory' (1962) ch. 2
“To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.”
“As long as man was small in numbers and limited in technology, he could realistically regard the earth as an infinite reservoir, an infinite source of inputs and an infinite cesspool for outputs. Today we can no longer make this assumption. Earth has become a space ship, not only in our imagination but also in the hard realities of the social, biological, and physical system in which man is enmeshed.”
“Undermine the entire economic structure of society by leaving the pay toilet door ajar so the next person can get in free.”

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