"You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must do so. It is the ultimate shadow, the defeat of creation; this is the curse at work, the curse that feeds on all life. Everywhere in the universe."

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Source : Philip K. Dick (2008). “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: The inspiration for the films Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049”, p.179, Ballantine Books

Philip K. Dick

#Science Quotes #Identity Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.”
“But the other audience, I think, is people in Central America because since last summer, they've been running ads down there - the United States government has - don't come, it's dangerous. You will be immediately deported. That's literally what it says in Spanish.”

Source : "A Closer Look At Obama Administration's Controversial Deportation Plans". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 26, 2015.
“This is what I tell, especially young women, fight the big fights. Don't fight the little fight... Be the first one in, be the last one out. Do your homework, choose your battles. Don't whine, and don't be the one who complains about everything. Fight the big fight.”
“What gets me pretty pissed off is the whole Monsanto engineered foods issue.”

Source : "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.”
“Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.”
“In those days, a gay man was made to feel nothing but shame about his feelings and his sexuality. I wanted my drawings to counteract that, to show gay men being happy and positive about who they were. Oh, I didn't sit down to think this all out carefully. But I knew - right from the start - that my men were going to be proud and happy men!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.”

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