"The power of death signifies that this real world can only have a neutral image of life, that life's intimacy does not reveal it's dazzling consumption until the moment it gives out."

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Source : Georges Bataille (1989). “Theory of religion”, Zone Books (NY)

Georges Bataille

#Real Quotes #Giving Quotes #Doe Quotes

“I played cops and robbers and pirates and all the rest when I was a kid, but I didn't want to grow up and be an actor and play cops and robbers and pirates. I wanted to grow up and be that, be cops and robbers and pirates.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I exclusively attended public school... And I can honestly say that on the day of my graduation, if you had given me a pop quiz on history, science, or math, I would have in no way been able to pass it - despite the fact that I completely understood it at the time that it had been 'taught' to me, and had even made a good 'grade' on it.”
“It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”

Source : Chester A. Arthur (2006). “State of the Union Addresses”, p.28, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Can't' will be the epitaph of the British Empire - unless we wake up in time.”

Source : Oswald Mosley (1957). “Mosley: the facts”
“If you learn something too well, it will get in the way of your perception of reality.”
“A man notices a womans figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.”
“I think you have always heard, and you continue to hear from officials, a measure of high confidence that, indeed, the weapons of mass destruction will be found.”

Source : Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. April 10, 2003.
“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.”

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