"With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine."

-- Bertrand Russell

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“But when a manâ€™s religion becomes really frantic; when it is a positive torment to him; and in fine, makes this earth of ours an uncomfortable inn to lodge in; then I think it high time to take that individual aside and argue the point with him.”
“And I knew that there was some dark corner of me that would enjoy using magic for killingâ€”and then long for more. That was black magic, and it was easy to use. Easy and fun. Like Legos”
“Women like other women fine. The more feminine she is, the more comfortable a woman feels with her own sex. It is only the occasional and therefore noticeable adventuress who refuses to make friends with us.”
“A wasp in a wig is altogether beyond the appliances of art.”

Source : "The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll". Book by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood (p. 146), 1898.
“There tends to be a jealousy in England towards countries that are successful.”
“In the end when you accept yourself for who you are and you work with what you've got, you couldn't be more beautiful because you're confident and everyone notices.”

Source : "Lily Collins has a positive message to share: Our 'Mirror Mirror' interview". www.momtastic.com.
“Nakedness means freedom, and although dancing on a sun-kissed hillside with shorts on seems pretty similar to dancing with shorts off, there is all the difference in the world. It is as if your clothes take on the weight of your worries and concerns - they come to embody your defences against the world, and if you can feel confident enough and safe enough, then taking them off evokes a powerful sense of liberation, of joy and freedom; and more than that - of innocence and of openness to the world.”

Source : Philip Carr-Gomm (2012). “A Brief History of Nakedness”, p.48, Reaktion Books
“And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.”

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

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