"The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business."

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John Steinbeck

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“Since the Bush-Cheney Administration took office in January 2001, controlling the major oil and natural gas fields of the world had been the primary, though undeclared, priority of US foreign policy... Not only the invasion of Iraq, but also the toppling of the Taliban in Afghanistan, had nothing to do with 'democracy,' and everything to do with pipeline control across Central Asia and the militarization of the Middle East.”
“Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.”
“I wanted to say to myself as much as anyone else that we made art.”
“Let us not be afraid of decreasing. It is like the moon, we see the moon increasing and decreasing, but it is always the moon.”
“Life is not about having and getting. It's about being and becoming.”
“Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.”

Source : "Méditations Poétiques". Book by Alphonse de Lamartine, 1820.
“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.”

Source : Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”
“Yes, of course, there's something fishy about describing people's feelings. You try hard to be accurate, but as soon as you start to define such and such a feeling, language lets you down. It's really a machine for making falsehoods. When we really speak the truth, words are insufficient. Almost everything except things like "pass the gravy" is a lie of a sort. And that being the case, I shall shut up. Oh, and... pass the gravy.”

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