"Knowledge of the world means dissolving the solidity of the world."

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Source : Italo Calvino (1988). “Six Memos for the Next Millennium”, p.9, Harvard University Press

#Mean Quotes #World Quotes

“I don't have a set routine, but I try to squeeze in a workout every day, whether it's taking a hike, taking a Pilates class, or just putting in a workout DVD. Whatever it takes!”

Source : "Jacob Vargas from Sons of Anarchy: Making the Most of Pain, Chaos, and Love". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I want painting to be my flashlight.”
“I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.”
“Throughout my life, there's just periods when I write and periods when I don't. I don't feel like anything's really blocked. "Writer's block" sounds so dramatic and worrisome, and I don't worry about it. I know deep down that I'm a writer, and it's just a matter of time until it comes back, and when it does, it'll be good like it's always been.”
“It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.”
“The god you worship is the one you're capable of becoming.”
“The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.”
“As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.”

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