"Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwell on the impossibility of ever getting a state of complete and permanent satisfaction with what you have, and you become a pessimist. Dwell on the opportunity for endless growth and conquest which this same fact makes possible, and you become an optimist."

-- William DeWitt Hyde

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“People want to give back. People want to do good”
“What's the meaning of "giornalista professionista"? I have always thought a professional to be a good prostitute!”
“It is a melancholy illusion of those who write books and articles that the printed word survives. Alas, it rarely does.”

Source : Eric Hobsbawm (2011). “How To Change The World: Tales of Marx and Marxism”, p.126, Hachette UK
“If you defy the system long enough you'll be rewarded. At first life takes revenge and reduces you to a sniveling mess. But keep sniveling, have the madness, the audacity, to do what interests you, forget about your pension, and eventually life will say all right, we'll let you do it.”

Source : Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.265, iUniverse
“Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we recover.”
“Lesson learned: If a guy tells you you're his second choice, don't make him your first.”
“The so-called right to privacy, as it were, is no longer a right inasmuch as it is now a privilege, to be enjoyed until it is torn away at a momentâ€™s notice.”
“You're searching... For things that don't exist; I mean beginnings. Ends and beginnings - there are no such things. There are only middles.”

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