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“The mark of the modern world is the imagination of its profiteers and the counter-assertiveness of the oppressed. Exploitation and the refusal to accept exploitation as either inevitable or just constitute the continuing antinomy of the modern era, joined together in a dialectic which has far from reached its climax in the twentieth century.”
Source : Immanuel Wallerstein (2011). “The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century, With a New Prologue”, p.357, Univ of California Press
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“I suppose even a woman's hatred is a kind of love.”
Source : Yasunari Kawabata (1996). “Beauty and Sadness”, Vintage Books
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“I'm standing at a crossroads. I'm not entirely sure what the future holds ... I'm at a crossroads, but it's a little bit different than the crossroads I've been at before because I'm doing what I do because I love it, and doing what I do because it's pure passion.”
Source : "A Minute With: Billy Ray Cyrus on Miley and his "Hillbilly Heart"". Interview with Piya Sinha-Roy, www.reuters.com. April 17, 2013.
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“Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.”
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“When first thy eyes unveil, give thy soul leave To do the like; our bodies but forerun The spirit's duty. True hearts spread and heave Unto their God, as flow'rs do to the sun. Give him thy first thoughts then; so shalt thou keep Him company all day, and in him sleep.”
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“In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.”
Source : John O'Hara (1934). “Appointment in Samarra”
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“Nobody really tells me what's going on, and I find out via the trades myself.”
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“Dear Mia, What can I say? I don't know all that much about romance novels, but I think you must be the Stephen King of the genre. Your book is hot. Thanks for letting me read it. Anyone who doesn't want to publish it is a fool. Anyway, since I know it's your birthday, and I also know you never remember to back anything up, here's a little something I made for you. It would be a shame if Ransom My Heart got lost before it ever saw the light of day because your hard drive crashed. See you tonight. Love, Michael”