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“Most countries in Africa have the capacity to be great agricultural producers, but they do only subsistence production. So a family will produce for themselves and nothing more. Why? Because of the systems: The markets are not there to go beyond.”
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“What is it with folks always talking about where they're from? You could grow up in a muddy ditch, but if it's your muddy ditch, then it's gotta be the swellest muddy ditch ever.”
Source : Jennifer L. Holm (2010). “Turtle in Paradise”, p.12, Random House Books for Young Readers
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“My aim is to be understood by everyone. I reject the 'depth' that people demand nowadays, into which you can never descend without a diving bell crammed with cabbalistic bullshit and intellectual metaphysics. This expressionistic anarchy has got to stop... A day will come when the artist will no longer be this bohemian, puffed-up anarchist but a healthy man working in clarity within a collectivist society.”
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“I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it.”
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“A closed mouth gathers no foot.”
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“Everything lives by movement, everything is maintained by equilibrium, and harmony results from the analogy of contraries; this law is the form of forms.”
Source : Eliphas Levi (1968). “Transcendental Magic”, p.425, Weiser Books
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“Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been looking forward to it for a while.”
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“They made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words.”
Source : Susan Glaspell, Eric S. Rabkin (1912). “Lifted Masks, and Other Works”, p.93, University of Michigan Press