"There is an air of last things, a brooding sense of impending annihilation, about so much deconstructive activity, in so many of its guises; it is not merely postmodernist but preapocalyptic."

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Source : David Lehman (1992). “Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul de Man”, Poseidon Pr

David Lehman

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“Enemies and friends act like spiritual coaches. They round out the rough spots on Soul's unfoldment. The Mahanta (inner spiritual guide) teaches through others. So pay careful attention when sparks fly, because some important things in you - perhaps courage or forgiveness - needs some polish.”
“I hate the fact you always feel like you have to be going somewhere, like the end destination is to be finished, or to be happy. But the truth is a lot of us are completely lost, and we donâ€™t know, and that is also a state of mind, to not know who you are and where youâ€™re going.”
“What is it that you contain? The Dead. Time. Light patterns of millennia. The expanding universe opening in your gut. Are your twenty-three feet of intestines loaded with stars?”
“loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only skill and it isn't good enough but it's still amazing.”
“We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.”
“I live in the moment.”
“The less the consumer knows about what's happening before the meat hits the plate, the better.”

Source : "Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture". Book by Peter Cheeke, 1993.
“Teaching boys to bake cakes? That's no way to maintain an industrial empire.”

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