"If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human."

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Source : Saikaku Ihara (1959). “The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)”, Cambridge University Press

Ihara Saikaku

#Mean Quotes #Might Quotes #Born Quotes

“The missiles come first, and the justifications come second.”
“I don't need exotic places to be stimulated. Out of familiarity comes nuance. The more you revisit a subject the more you're like to discover.”
“Most people who succeed in life have no clue that what they are trying to achieve is impossible.”
“When they started to drain a swamp where birds and fish had lived, for a new housing development down the road from his apartment, Steven watched the protests and the preparations with interest. The bird people were furious, the developers unmovable, and Steven was filled with relief that the fight wasn't his. Nothing here was his... He thought there should have been something sad about how little he was tied up with the place, but instead it felt like freedom. He was free because it wasn't his water here, and they weren't his fish.”
“If I see any sort of injustice, I can fight like a dog. I'm not frightened to be outspoken and I can get very angry. I think expressing anger is not something that's considered very feminine... or British! If I saw someone slandered in the press... libel is something I really loathe. So, I probably would speak out about that, whether it was about myself or someone else.”

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“Use Me is a wonderfully satisfying book.”
“For this very reason I refuse all the tricks of the trade and professional virtuosity which could make me betray my career.Â As soon as I find a subject which interests me, I leave it to the lens to record it truthfully. Look at the reporters and at the amateur photographer!Â They both have only one goal; to record a memory or a document. And that is pure photography.”
“Your job gives you authority. Your behavior gives you respect”

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