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The greatest human achievements have never been for profit.


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That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.

That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.



I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night.

I felt myself on the edge of the world; peering over the rim into a fathomless chaos of eternal night.



Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men.

Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men.



The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown



If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!

If I am mad, it is mercy! May the gods pity the man who in his callousness can remain sane to the hideous end!



No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.

No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.



I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.

I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams.



I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.

I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about.



The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them. They walk serene and primal, undimensioned and to us unseen.

The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them. They walk serene and primal, undimensioned and to us unseen.



If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians.

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians.





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Happiness is such a fragile thing, isn't it? So easily burst, like a bubble blown by a child, and always on the verge of being carried away.



Nothing can age a dragon, but you just might be the exception.

Nothing can age a dragon, but you just might be the exception.



A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.

A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.



At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.

At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.



You must be able to handle a variety of move orders during the first 5-6 moves - otherwise you'll find yourself 'tricked' time and time again.

You must be able to handle a variety of move orders during the first 5-6 moves - otherwise you'll find yourself 'tricked' time and time again.



Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade . . .

Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade . . .



How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.

How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.



A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself.

A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself.



He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.

He who regards the world as he does the fortune of his own body can govern the world. He who loves the world as he does his own body can be entrusted with the world.



I'm not going to talk about my private life with a total stranger, unless I feel like I need to. Why would I? I don't.

I'm not going to talk about my private life with a total stranger, unless I feel like I need to. Why would I? I don't.




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