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“Fantasy is often better than reality. It’s much more inspiring not to go to places than to go.”

“There is no marriage, yet, for human beings and animals… I never thought that I would fall in love like this with a cat.”

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“We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.”

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“Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.”

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"Olive and laurel binds her golden hair: Wherever shines this native of the skies, Unnumber'd charms and recent graces rise. Muse! bow propitious while my pen relates How pour her armies through a thou…"

— Phillis Wheatley

Literature1753–1784

#beauty

"We consider the artist a special sort of person. It is more likely that each of us is a special sort of artist."

— Elsa Gidlow

Literature1898–1986

#art

"Don’t be shameless, Mr Blair. Don’t be immoral, Mr. Blair. You are one of those who have no morals. You are not one who has the right to criticize anyone about the rules of the international community…"

— Hugo Chávez

Politics1976–2013

#ethics

"It is not easy to find someone who you can say to "That's not funny", and they're not gonna get upset. Y'know? Really hard to do that. Most comedians are very defensive, very protective of their stuff…"

— Jerry Seinfeld

Entertainment1954

#knowledge