"To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical. [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]"

-- Blaise Pascal

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“There are almost too many possibilities. Photography is in direct proportion with our time: multiple, faster, instant. Because it is so easy, it will be more difficult.”
“There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.”
“You can't buy something which does not exist. In a way, let's make things exist and then judge later. Don't cancel the process of creativity too early; let it flow.”

Source : CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. July 24, 2008.
“We've always had a love/hate relationship with numbers.”
“God does not create poverty; we do, because we do not share.”
“The doctrine of vocation deals with how God works through human beings to bestow His gifts. God gives us this day our daily bread by means of the farmer the banker, the cooks, And the lady at the check-out counter. He creates new life - the most amazing miracle of all - by means of mothers and fathers. He protects us by means of the police officers, firemen, and our military. He creates. Through artists. He heals by working through doctors, nurses, and others whom He has gifted, equipped, and called to the medical professions.”
“Nothing is lost by peace; everything may be lost by war.”
“In retrospect, it's ridiculous that anyone saw me as a fashion icon, since all I was trying to do was to dumb down my middle-class look by messing with my hair. Throughout the eighties I was invariably half-sure and half-confident about whatever it was I woreâ€¦Still, I've always believedâ€”still doâ€”that the radical is far more interesting when it looks benign and ordinary on the outside.”

Source : Kim Gordon (2015). “Girl in a Band”, p.113, Faber & Faber

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