"We were born and we die. In between, I think we try to live as best we can."

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Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Olga Kurylenko

#Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes #Born Quotes

“Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world.”
“Today, it is not only that our kings do not know mathematics, but our philosophers do not know mathematics and - to go a step further - our mathematicians do not know mathematics.”
“When did "sentimental" become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music, or a poem, or a film that bypasses the brain and aims straight for the heart . . . should automatically be heaped with scorn. I think it is symptomatic of a sad and dangerous impoverishment of spirit.”
“Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.”
“You only know that youâ€™re in love when you suffer.”
“In order to exert influence over people, there were other things that could be used besides love. Knowledge seemed to be an equally strong force, perhaps even stronger. Whoever possessed knowledge not only had power over the changeable passions of people, but also power over their thinking, over their minds, hearts and souls.”

Source : Peter Prange (2012). “The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
“Books about suicide make lousy gifts.”
“truthfully, this is the fabric of all my fantasies: love shown not by a kiss or a wild look or a careful hand but by a willingness for research. i donâ€™t dream of someone who understands me immediately, who seems to have known me my entire life, who says, i know me too. i want someone keen to learn my own strange organization, amazed at whatâ€™s revealed; someone who asks, and then what, and then what?”

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