"We were not made to eternally weep."

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Source : Countee Cullen, “From The Dark Tower”

Countee Cullen

“When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.”
“Living with computers gives funny ideas.”
“The stage is the best experience in the world. It's a great compliment to be able to share the music, because people can hear my album but they don't get to make the connection in the same way as when it's one-to-one.”
“It's a silly fool who thinks killing an animal with one tool is different than killing him with another.”
“Karma is experience, and experience creates memory, and memory creates imagination and desire, and desire creates karma again. If I buy a cup of coffee, that's karma. I now have that memory that might give me the potential desire for having cappuccino, and I walk into Starbucks, and there's karma all over again.”
“The difficulties of economics are mainly the difficulties of conceiving clearly and fully the conditions of utility.”

Source : William Stanley Jevons (1970). “The Theory of Political Economy”, Penguin (Non-Classics)
“If you want to be a creative person, then youâ€™re gonna have to be creative in how you put your career together. There isnâ€™t a path. Part of the creativity is making your path.”

Source : "Simply Paying Attention With Alec Soth". Interview with Alexander Strecker, www.lensculture.com.
“The only solution to the issue of human rights is oblivion.”

Source : Augusto Pinochet's speech, September 21, 1995.

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