"Only the ephemeral is of lasting value."

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Eugene Ionesco

#Time Quotes #Ephemeral Quotes #Lasting Quotes

“There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.”
“The American Communists had thrived as champions of domestic reform.”
“I always tried to raise money for the Black Panthers through business schemes.”
“For me, having it all - if one wants to define it at all - is the magical time when what you want and what you have match up.”
“An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.”
“People who turn to philosophy expecting to harvest a crop of formulas of wisdom or understanding do not understand-philosophy has such things, but they are merely incidental, not the essence of the matter. Philosophy is about subtilizing and tuning up the coherence and acuity of one's seeing, it is about opening new dimensions for insight, learning to think about what one is doing when one thinks instead of just blundering through the processes of putting thoughts together.”
“Living like that utterly convinced me of the extreme limitations of language. I was just a chlld then,so I have only an intuitive understanding of the degree to which one losses control of words once they are spoken or written. It was then that I first felt a deep curiosity about language, and understood it as a tool that encompasses both a single moment and eternity”
“A macho attitude is totally to my advantage. Guys try to hit it 400 feet out of the park, but in softball you have to use a short, quick swing. Big, huge swings equal big, huge strikeouts.”

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