“It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.”
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There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.
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I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
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Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens.
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Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself.
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The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.
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