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“If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.”
Source : "The System of Nature". Book by Baron d'Holbach, 1770.
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“The world must live. We are only one species among billions. The gods don't love us any more than they love spiders or bears or whales or water lilies.”
Source : Daniel Quinn (2010). “The Story of B”, p.324, Bantam
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“Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.”
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“After living in the mansion for a year, I did miss dating, and there were times when I was out during the day or at therapy school or even at Playboy parties where I met guys. It's only natural. I needed to have my own life, or I would have gone crazy. But at the same time, I didn't want to disrespect Hugh Hefner or the Playboy name - that always came first.”
Source : Source: people.com
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“The only time you realize you have a reputation is when you're not living up to it.”
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“On the other hand, ethnic psychology must always come to the assistance of individual psychology, when the developmental forms of the complex mental processes are in question.”
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“Comforting Wealth comes by good work, by wisdom it increases, cleverness stabilizes it and by patience it is preserved.”
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“People are taking it for granted that [the Negro] ought not to work with his head. And it is so easy for these people among whom we are living to believe this; it flatters and satisfies their self-complacency.”
Source : Paul Laurence Dunbar (2010). “The Sport of the Gods: and Other Essential Writings”, p.358, Modern Library
