"Humans feel at home in a world of things, whose essences and laws it can grasp and define in terms of concepts; but shy and ill at ease in a world of existences, because to exist is an act, not a thing."

-- Etienne Gilson

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“I shall risk nothing on an attempt to prove the transcendence of p. If others undertake this enterprise, no one will be happier than I in their success. But believe me, it will not fail to cost them some effort.”
“Richard Dunne comes from a great footballing family... the Dunne family”
“No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity”
“People want security in this insecure world.”
“For too many women pregnancy is just the start of loneliness and abuse. It is a cruel reality.”
“Why did someone fall in love with you because you are one thing and then want you to be something else?”
“Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.”

Source : "Me vs. Football". www.arcamax.com. January 28, 2013.
“Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that.”

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