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"Myth is neither a lie nor a confession: it is an inflexion."
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"Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for."

"I don't think the news department will have to lie down and play dead like it has in the past. By and large the network has been understanding, but then so have I."
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"The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man."


"I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been pretty fun."


"What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth."


"Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive."


"Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire."


"The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized!"


"For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture."


"Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula."
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