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“Nothing goes perfectly for us. But... being incomplete is what pushes us onward to the next something... If we were even perfectly satisfied, what meaning would the rest of our lives hold, right?”
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“I never heard my music played the way I heard it in my head.”
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“The camp is the space that is opened when the state of exception begins to become the rule.”
Source : Giorgio Agamben (2017). “The Omnibus Homo Sacer”, p.139, Stanford University Press
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“Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to parties intent on finding their perfect partner, and so miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through the newspaper determined to find certain job advertisements and, as a result, miss other types of jobs. Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there, rather than just what they are looking for.”
Source : "Be lucky - it's an easy skill to learn" by Richard Wiseman, www.telegraph.co.uk. January 9, 2003. 
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“Louise de Keroualle, being a Frenchwoman from the French court, was feared by most Englishmen for how she might influence their king, and that fear quickly turned to hatred.”
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“When a man you like switches from what he said a year ago, or 4 years ago, he is a broad-minded person who has courage enough to change his mind with changing conditions. When a man you don't like does it, he is a liar who has broken his promises.”
Source : Franklin P. Adams (''F.P.A.'') (1944). “Nods and Becks”
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“The good is the greatest rival of the best.”
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“Along with my peers, I gripe about the increasing number of superhero films, and I'm sad that so many critics so uncritically use words like franchise, which should be reserved for your local Burger King.”
Source : "Critics' Roundtable: What Was the Cultural Event of 2012?". Vulture Interview, www.vulture.com. February 2, 2012.
