"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose."

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Source : Bette Davis (1962). “The lonely life: an autobiography”, Putnam's

Bette Davis

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“When someone covets something they desire and lust over it.Usually it's something they can't have. You've always had that problem...”
“Religion is born out of questions, not answers.”

Source : David Dark (2009). “The Sacredness of Questioning Everything”, p.17, Zondervan
“Governments first of all have been able to amass, through the taxation process, large sums of capital which they have redistributed to persons or groups, already large holders of capital, through official subsidies.”

Source : Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (1995). “Capistalist Civilisation”, p.54, Verso
“When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the piece that made me want to be a classical composer.”
“Conscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown.”

Source : William Henry Harrison (1833). “Christmas tales, historical and domestic”, p.187
“The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.”
“Society can progress if men's labors show a profit - if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.”
“Every work of art is about everything.”

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