"Wasting time has an esthetics to it."

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“We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the vanity of all plans.”

“I'm going to end a life that I thought could contain every kind of greatness but that in fact consisted only of my incapacity to really want to be great. Whenever I arrived at a certainty, I remembered that those with the greatest certainties are lunatics.”

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“And let our despite go to those who work and fight and our hate to those who hope and trust.”

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— Ernst von Glasersfeld

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"I’ve done so many TV series over the years. I still love what I do. It’s wonderful when you read something like this current episode, and I encourage you to watch it. You know what was great was you w…"

— David Selby

Literature1941

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"Today we have economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive. What we need are economies that make us thrive, whether or not they grow."

— Kate Raworth

Economics1970

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"I've been on the computer a lot. They say that's the cause of the soreness in my elbow. I'll be in control. I spent four hours. Now, I'll have to spend one hour and take it easy."

— Carlos Zambrano

1984

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