"I've always been very keen on Pascal, and what I'm most keen on in Pascal is his emphasis upon human wretchedness. He has a phrase which goes something like 'Anxiety, boredom and inconstancy, that is the human condition' and I've always been very partial to that."

-- Simon Critchley

#Boredom Quotes #Anxiety Quotes #Phrases Quotes

“I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.”
“People started staring at me at the supermarket and restaurants and whatnot. And I knew that I looked just like Bill Clinton.”
“A shepherd, in whom the spirit of God works, is more highly esteemed before God than the wisest and most potent in self-wit, without the divine dominion.”
“There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time.”
“Listen to these young poets and you'll discover the voice of the present and hear the voice of the future before the future is even here.”
“I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.”
“The waist is a terrible thing to mind.”
“Dig deep into your heart, where the answer spreads its roots in your being, and ask yourself solemnly, Must I write?”

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