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“My question is, do you believe in an evil possessed of its own purity? or does every act intend some good?...”
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“None of us understand what we're doing, but we do beautiful things anyway.”
Source : Allen Ginsberg, Bill Morgan (2008). “The Letters of Allen Ginsberg”, p.25, Da Capo Press
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“As long as I'm in this city, I'm a lightning rod, ... People don't like me for a lot of reasons and I create all of them. I love it when they hate me. All my closest friends hate me.”
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“If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.”
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“She left me then, surrounded by my extravagantly simple finery and I sat for a long time, uncomfortable both with the person I had been and the person I was finally becoming. Caught between the two of them, I felt rather lonely, as one often does with a new acquaintance.”
Source : Deanna Raybourn (2016). “Deanna Raybourn Lady Julia Grey Volume 1: Silent in the Grave\Silent in the Sanctuary\Silent on the Moor”, p.156, MIRA
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“I like animals who trust people.”
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“Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.”
Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
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“Being smart young men, they say to themselves, "I want to get married, have a family, and I understand my wife wants to work too. Do you, Vicki, know how to help us do that?" Because they're no longer looking at that prospective wife, saying, "Well this is wonderful, you're getting educated, but of course as soon as we get married, you're going to stay home and make babies."”
Source : Interview with Erik Hansen, tompeters.com.