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Civilization - a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures.


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The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact.

The depravity of man is at once the most empirically verifiable reality but at the same time the most intellectually resisted fact.



We have now educated ourselves into a state of complete imbecility.

We have now educated ourselves into a state of complete imbecility.



What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God.

What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God.



Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.



Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.



God, stay with me, let no word cross my lips that is not your word, no thoughts enter my mind that are not your thoughts, no deed ever be done or entertained by me that is not your deed.

God, stay with me, let no word cross my lips that is not your word, no thoughts enter my mind that are not your thoughts, no deed ever be done or entertained by me that is not your deed.



People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.



In the beginning was the Lie and the Lie was made news and dwelt among us, graceless and false.

In the beginning was the Lie and the Lie was made news and dwelt among us, graceless and false.



I have absolutely no doubt that there is an intense anti-Americanism in all Western Europe, and I think the reason for that is a very, very simple one.

I have absolutely no doubt that there is an intense anti-Americanism in all Western Europe, and I think the reason for that is a very, very simple one.



The only ultimate disaster that can befall us is to feel ourselves at home on this earth.

The only ultimate disaster that can befall us is to feel ourselves at home on this earth.





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So why is a third of our world battling obesity and spending huge sums to burn off excess calories, while the other two-thirds yearn to get more of them?



He's beautiful. Not specifically to look at, but to be with.

He's beautiful. Not specifically to look at, but to be with.



The future is now. Roll up your sleeves and let your passion flow. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

The future is now. Roll up your sleeves and let your passion flow. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.



We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown left behind.

We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown left behind.



It was 1966 by the time I started taking pictures seriously and books, newspapers and magazines of the time were full of great pictures that helped to inspire me.

It was 1966 by the time I started taking pictures seriously and books, newspapers and magazines of the time were full of great pictures that helped to inspire me.



I'm all right. I'm good. There has been better times, but I'll be okay.

I'm all right. I'm good. There has been better times, but I'll be okay.



So,” Wanda cried, “a woman in furs is nothing more than a large cat, a charged electric battery?

So,” Wanda cried, “a woman in furs is nothing more than a large cat, a charged electric battery?



The mirror reflects perfectly; it makes no mistakes because it doesn't think. To think is to make mistakes.

The mirror reflects perfectly; it makes no mistakes because it doesn't think. To think is to make mistakes.



Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.

Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.



The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.

The chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.




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