"The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art."

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Source : Maurice Merleau-Ponty (2002). “Phenomenology of Perception”, p.174, Routledge

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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“I've never been sent a lock of hair or anything like that, but I've gotten underwear with my face on it. That was weird.”
“With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling.”
“You have to have a government to provide you with legal order, with stability, enforcement of property rights, enforcement of contracts, definition of rules and regulations - the rules of the game, so to speak - and to provide certain shared goods and services, public services. Several people have tried to estimate this and they come out with figures like government spending at 15% of GDP. In the modern world it has gone to 40% or above. So we are way beyond the optimal, and that is easier to say than what the optimum is.”

Source : Source: www.aims.ca
“Your income tends to equal the average income of your five best friends,”

Source : Jeff Olson, John David Mann (2013). “The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness”, p.196, Greenleaf Book Group
“I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to change the world around them.”
“My life is dedicated to the discovery of God, the advancement of science, and the pre-eminence of England.”
“I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. The best way for me to find myself as a person is to prove to myself that I am an actress.”
“I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.”

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