"Death is the real inspiring genius or Musagetes of philosophy, and for this reason Socrates defined philosophy as thanatou mÃ©lÃ©tÃ¨ (preparation for death; Plato, Phaedo, 81a). Indeed, without death there would hardly have been any philosophizing."

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Source : Luce Irigaray (2002). “Between East and West: From Singularity to Community”, p.27, Columbia University Press

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“You are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me,”

Source : "James Van Der Beek: 'Dawson's Creek' 'paid almost nothing'" by Sean Daly, www.today.com. April 10, 2012.
“I don't think people talk to me because I'm such a good, charming, good-looking guy. I don't - whether that's true or not. I think they do it because I work for a major news organization, and they think that it can probably be helpful to them and their business interests or their personal interest and what have you.”
“If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute -- Ive got to have them.”
“I pointed to an article with bold headlines reporting that the police had refused to allow the PAP to hold a rally at Empress Place, and then to the last paragraph where in small type it added the meeting would take place where we were now. I compared this with a prominent report about an SPA rally. This was flagrant bias.”
“I don't read Science Fiction.”
“Because you know I'm All about that bass 'Bout that bass, no treble.”

Source : Song: All About That Bass, Album: Title
“It's really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here - a lot of them can't even speak our language.”
“I've never done a blind date but my parents met on a blind date.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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