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“I've always had standards about writing well. There is art in this business. There is potentially great art.” quote by Gay Talese — Download Open image

“I've always had standards about writing well. There is art in this business. There is potentially great art.”

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“The penis, often regarded as a weapon, is also a burden, the male curse.”

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Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.

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“Too many people were obsessed with their heads and were alienated from their bodies, Perls believed, adding: “We have to lose our minds and…

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“While the moral force of Judeo-Christian tradition and the law have sought to purify the penis, and to restrict its seed to the sanctified…

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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

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During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.

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