"We learn from history as much as a rabbit learns from an experiment that's performed upon it."

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W. G. Sebald

#Rabbits Quotes #Experiments Quotes

“For the helmsman is recognized in the tempest; in the warfare the soldier is proved.”
“Art is an articulator of the soul's uncensored purpose and deepest will.”
“When I was young I trained a lot. I trained my mind, I trained my eyes, trained my thinking, how to help people. And it trained me how to deal with pressure.”
“The real struggle between an American government and the people was one of power, which was settled when they designed their Constitution, which conceded the sovereignty of the people when it came to politics, and the sovereignty of the consumer when it came to economics.”
“The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.”
“I think it's an aggregation of all of the small acts that are really transformative. I think a group of small acts transform the individual. And maybe when the individual transforms, collectively we transform.”
“I have known Johnnie Cochran for many years as an attorney and personal friend, but he has already expressed publicly that he is not on this case.”
“I feel like I'm going crazy: seeing you every day but never being able to - to hold you, to touch you when anyone else is around. i just want to take your hand, kiss you, hug you, without having to hide all the time. All those things every other couple takes for granted!”

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