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Arthur Koestler has 111 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of…
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There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it.
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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will…
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If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it…
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe…
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The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of discovery is…
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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a…
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In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic formula of…
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When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a magnetic field…
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No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether he is…
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I've gone up two suit sizes. The character I'm playing, he's strong, I can say that much. I've changed my physique a…
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I plan to send my liver somewhere in France, to protest foie gras (liver pate) ... I plan to have handbags made…
— Ingrid Newkirk
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We've never done a coordinated music effort. Everything else we've done has been around a holiday - Halloween, Mardi Gras, half way…
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It's not a giant thing, like graduation, Mardi Gras, Halloween or New Year's. We do get business from it. That's why we…
— Suzanne Smith
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Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear…
— Julia Child
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A living body is not a fixed thing but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool: the shape alone is…
— Alan Watts
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I like visiting peoples homes on Saint Josephs Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint,…
— Poppy Z. Brite
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It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I…
— Mark Twain
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An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.
— Mark Twain
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I love Mardi Gras. I'm a street rat.
— Mitch Landrieu
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I'm sorry for the ducks; I love foie gras.
— Jose Andres
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To want to meet an author because you like his books is as ridiculous as wanting to meet the goose because you…
— Arthur Koestler
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