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The Theatre of Cruelty has been created in order to restore to the theatre a passionate and convulsive conception of life, and… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
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My parents put me in the water very early, and also had me skiing at a very early age. They put me… — Benoit Lecomte Copy Share Image
It's a tract against capital punishment in the genre of Swift's Modest Proposal. I was simply following a formula to its logical… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
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The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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Every decision he made, I think everybody bought into it. Whether you understood it or not, you bought into it. Because he's… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
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'Truth' is to be understood as a system of ordered procedures for the production, regulation, distribution, circulation and operation of statements. 'Truth'… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
Mortifying the deeds of the body cannot be understood of the religious deeds of the body, for they are to be cherished,… — Christopher Love Copy Share Image
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No one fully understands spinors. Their algebra is formally understood but their general significance is mysterious. In some sense they describe the… — Michael Atiyah Copy Share Image
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Base words are uttered only by the base And can for such at once be understood; But noble platitudes — ah, there's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Brothers and sisters, this is a divine work in process, with the manifestations and blessings of it abounding in every direction, so… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
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Hegel understood the Heisenbergian reality of knowing: yes, it would be nice if we could somehow delicately capture the truth and bring… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
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