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“For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my fortune and my sanity.”
Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.24, Faber & Faber
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“I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations, protecting against the idolatry of any human claim to absolute truth or authority.”
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“You can't even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life. Don't waste time thinking about who's most talented.”
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“We need American sources of resources, we need American energy, brought to you by American ingenuity and produced by American workers.”
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“What's incredible is that I'm 75 and still working.”
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“Man's need for art is absolutely primordial, as strong as, and perhaps stronger than, our need for bread. Without bread, we die of hunger, but without art we die of boredom.”
Source : "Jean Dubuffet, Works, writings Interviews". Book by Fabrice Hergott, p. 14, 2006.
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“It's easier to lecture women on sexual morality than it is to explain why all Americans shouldn't have comprehensive, fair, and equal health care coverage.”
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“Reading isn't the opposite of doing, it's the opposite of dying.”
Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.11, Vintage
