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— Jorge Luis Borges

Literature1899–1986

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"It is because prices are stable, and are perceived by agents to be in equilibrium, that the task facing market institutions is less daunting in this respect. However, market institutions may still hav…"

— Geoffrey Hodgson

Economics1946

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"We must not confuse the present with the past. With regard to the past, no further action is possible. There have been war, plague, scandal, and treason, and there is no way of our preventing their ha…"

— Simone de Beauvoir

Philosophy1908–1986

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"To arrive at such a discovery, fruit of a log and precious education, involves a whole field of precise technique. The artist must immerse himself in his own anxiety, dredging up everything that is al…"

— Piero Manzoni

Art1933–1963

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