"Mankind always sets itself only such tasks as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, we will always find that the task itself arises only when the material conditions necessary for its solution already exist or are at least in the process of formation."

-- Karl Marx

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“The more I read, the more I see. Connections get made. Lights go on. God speaks. Often, when I am facing some difficult or puzzling situation, God reminds me of a Scripture passage I have read. And it makes all the difference.”

Source : Ann Spangler (2006). “Praying the Names of Jesus: A Daily Guide”, p.155, Harper Collins
“That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.”
“Anything worthy of your passion, should be worthy of your preparation.”
“To endow clock time with numinous meaning [is] hardly a fit occupation for an intelligent person.”

Source : Alan McGlashan (1988). “The Savage and Beautiful Country: The Secret Life of the Mind”, p.112, Daimon
“Woman--with a capital letter--should by now have ceased to be a specialty. There should be no more need of "movements" on her behalf, and agitations for her advancement and developmentthan for the abolition of negro slavery in the United States.”
“You see, at the beginning we weren't fighters. We weren't yellers or throwers, even if we eventually came to be. It would take time and much deeper wounds for us to get to that point.”

Source : Dinaw Mengestu (2010). “How to Read the Air”, p.53, Penguin
“The director of The Sopranos told me that, if I wouldn't gain weight, I would lose my job. I didn't look like the girl who ate pasta all day. This was an extra stimulation to fight my eating problems.”
“If you let hydrogen gas alone for 13 billion years it will become giraffes, rose bushes and humans.”

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