"It is bad enough to be condemned to drag around this image in which nature has imprisoned me. Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?"

-- Plotinus

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“My job as a comedian is to heighten awareness about locally grown produce, fight factory farming, and promote euthanasia, but in a funny way.”
“Crazy is a compliment.”

Source : Linda Rottenberg (2014). “Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags”, p.26, Penguin
“The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.”
“Coolidge expressed his "sympathy with the deep and intense longing which finds such fine expression in the Jewish National Homeland in Palestine."”
“Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.”
“The best protection against propaganda of any sort is the recognition of it for what it is. Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious. What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of business. Propaganda taken in that way is like a drug you do not know you are swallowing. The effect is mysterious; you do not know afterwards why you feel or think the way you do.”

Source : Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren (2014). “How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading”, p.194, Simon and Schuster
“I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.”
“The realization of our true substance and potential is the purpose of creation.”

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