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Cindy Sherman

"In horror stories or in fairy tales, the fascination with the morbid is also, at least for me, a way to prepare for the unthinkableâ€¦ Thatâ€™s why itâ€™s very important for me to show the artificiality of it all, because the real horrors of the world are unmatchable, and theyâ€™re too profound.Â Itâ€™s much easier to absorb â€“ to be entertained by it, but also to let it affect you psychologically â€“ if itâ€™s done in a fake, humorous, artificial way."

-- Cindy Sherman

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“Yes, yes: Taking out Saddam Hussein means war, and war is bad for children and other living things. I went to grade school in the 1970s, and I recall the poster. But there are times when war is not only a tragic and unavoidable necessity, but also good for children and other living things.”
“Don't you know yet that men are full of words that mean nothing? The silence of a woman is a thousand times weightier. You must learn to trust silence. To load it with truth, and to wait.”
“I sometimes try to imagine what would have happened if weâ€™d known the bonobo first and the chimpanzee only laterâ€”or not at all. The discussion about human evolution might not revolve as much around violence, warfare and male dominance, but rather around sexuality, empathy, caring and cooperation. What a different intellectual landscape we would occupy!”

Source : Frans de Waal (2006). “Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are”, p.41, Penguin
“For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again.”
“Properly measured, the average actively managed dollar must underperform the average passively managed dollar, net of costs. Empirical analyses that appear to refute this principle are guilty of improper measurement.”

Source : "Do You Want to Be Just Average?" by Larry Swedroe, www.cbsnews.com. June 9, 2010.
“If I don't have a mother, I'll let music be my mother.”
“Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums that endanger Americans' access to quality medical care.”
“Most people are so distracted by their thoughts, so identified with the voices in their heads, they no longer feel the aliveness within them. To be unable to feel the life that animates the physical body, the very life that you are, is the greatest deprivation that can happen to you.”

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