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“But when we set out to understand somebody’s inside? Is that a trip that ever ends? Is the soul a place of facts? Or are the alleged facts only the deceptive shadows of our stories?”
Source : Pascal Mercier (2008). “Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel”, p.294, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Proclaim the only truth you can be totally sure of: "I don't know."”
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“People are going to make comparisons and they can do that but I'm definitely not going to compare myself to Derek Jeter.”
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“The Chinese economy has huge potential and flexibility.”
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“Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed.”
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“One should never tie his faith to how old the earth is.”
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“My first decade of living in a metropolis was like, I was a people watcher. It meant the world to me to talk to strangers. I got excited about the fifth time I'd see the same person in the same bodega. I loved getting to know a certain clerk or barista. It took on a whole big meaning for me because of that atomization that suburban people do start to feel.”
Source : "Debra Granik on "poverty porn," self-worth, and her new film, Stray Dog". Interview with Sam Fragoso, www.avclub.com. July 11, 2015.
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“Who would have ever thought I'd find love, contentment and joy in a prison cell, but I did. I knew that I knew that I knew that day, I'd been released, and I thought to myself, "I need to tell everyone about this" because no one had ever told me.”
Source : Source: theindiespiritualist.com