This is my religion ... joy and exaltation in my own existence ... so go ahead and snarl ... bite ... howl,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There was emptiness more profound than the void between the stars, for which there was no here and there and before and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Europe's experiment with multiculturalism, or the side-by-side existence of different cultures, has failed throughout the continent. Integration requires a minimum basis of… — Walter Kasper Copy Share Image
“Before man ventures into daydreams about his futuristic society, he should first immerse himself in the nothingness of his being, and finally… — Tomislav Sunic Copy Share Image
...the statement, "The purpose of the law is to cause justice to reign," is not a rigorously accurate statement. It ought to… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
I don't want to say that most rock bands live these formulaic biography existences - but they kinda do. There's always a… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
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in a sense much great literature is subversive, since its very existence implies that what matters is art, imagination, and truth. In… — Alison Lurie Copy Share Image
This country is a nation of thieves. It stole everything it has, beginning with black people. The U.S. cannot justify its existence… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
If you're a playwright, unless you're really lacking in get-up-and-go, you can always get your play up somewhere. You can't necessarily make… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
“If he looked back on what his life had been lately, he had perhaps managed two or three days when he had… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality.… — Mary Douglas Copy Share Image
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The state should never have instituted and enforced legal property rights in persons, and should not have been in the business of… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
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Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Same-gender attraction did not exist in the pre-earth life and neither will it exist in the next life. It is a circumstance… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that. If you call… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Wars are no longer waged in the name of a sovereign who must be defended; they are waged on behalf of the… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
There is no meaning if meaning is not shared, and not because there would be an ultimate or first signification that all… — Jean-Luc Nancy Copy Share Image
I was in my house, alone in the living room, anxious about you, watching the flashes of lightning. And a flash of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
a letter, by its arrival, defrauds us of a whole secret region of our existence, the only region indeed in which the… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
We must assume our existence as broadly as we in any way can; everything, even the unheard - of, must be possible… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
The Civil Rights Commission should never have been brought into existence. It has been most prejudiced in its viewpoint, and has fomented… — John Sparkman Copy Share Image
I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. Gray is not a… — Kurt Sutter Copy Share Image
The day when we shall know exactly what electricity is will chronicle an event probably greater, more important than any other recorded… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
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Figuratively, they escaped from Cout Olaf and their miserable existence. They did not literally escape, because they were still in his house… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful profession, and it opens lots of doors, and I think it's quite right that people can accuse actors and… — Miranda Richardson Copy Share Image
No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth,… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Firstly, the farmers, the most stupid set of people in existence, who, clinging to feudal prejudices, burst forth in masses, ready to… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
Henry James joyously engaged in the act of writing. A good day's writing gave him a sense of strength, of control over… — Leon Edel Copy Share Image
Politics deserves much praise. Politics is a preoccupation of free men, and its existence is a test of freedom. The praise of… — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
As to your Newton, I confess I do not understand his void and his gravity; I admit he has demonstrated the movement… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
As to the most prudent logicians might venture to deduce from a skein of wool the probable existence of a sheep; so… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
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