"In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us."

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"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?"

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

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"But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

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"Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"The world is not black and white. More like black and grey."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

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"We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world."

David Cameron, British Politician

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"I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep."

John Irving, American Novelist

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"Making a million dollars is the simplest thing in the world. Just find a product that sells for $2000 and that you can buy at a cost of $1000, and sell a thousand of them."

Jerry Gillies, American Author

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"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember."

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"People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want."

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"We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife."

Drama

"Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status."

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"The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create."

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"The entire lower world was created in the likeness of the higher world. All that exists in the higher world appears like an image in this lower world; yet all this is but One."

"I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?"

"But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us."

"Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world."

"The world is not black and white. More like black and grey."

"We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world."

"I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly."

"There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep."

"Making a million dollars is the simplest thing in the world. Just find a product that sells for $2000 and that you can buy at a cost of $1000, and sell a thousand of them."

"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

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"Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember."

"People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want."

"I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money."

"It's only words... unless they're true."

"I hate vacations. There's nothing to do."

"Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit."

"We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife."

"Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status."

"Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills."

"The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create."