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“There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.”
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“By a symbol I do not mean an allegory or a sign, but an image that describes in the best possible way the dimly discerned nature of the spirit. A symbol does not define or explain; it points beyond itself to a meaning that is darkly divined yet still beyond our grasp, and cannot be adequately expressed in the familiar words of our language.”
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“When I’m taking a picture of Aya Sofia, what counts is the person passing by who stands for life”
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“The greatest obstacle to pleasure is not pain; it is delusion.”
Source : Stephen Greenblatt (2011). “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern”, p.177, W. W. Norton & Company
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“Sometimes I have better relationships with my barber then with people who are into cinema from an upper class.”
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“There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.”
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“Life can't always be good, and life can't always be bad. That just holds true. I've learned a lot from that statement, and I think about it, all the time.”
Source : Source: collider.com
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“As a general rule, no one should ever be allowed to say there is no history of racial tension here, because that sentence has never been true anywhere on Earth,”
Source : "John Oliver Brilliantly Eviscerates Police Militarization in Ferguson". "Last Week Tonight" with John Oliver, mic.com. August 18, 2014. 
