"I swear people don't want sex so much as they want somebody who'll listen to 'em … the first thing you learn after fellatio is how to listen."

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“For fast acting relief, try slowing down.”

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“Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.”

“All my life, I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.”

“Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.”

“Why is it when we talk to God we're said to be praying — but when God talks to us, we're said to be schizophrenic?”

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— Ryu Murakami

Literature1952

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"People will be truly critical if they live in the plenitude of the praxis, that is, if their action encompasses a critical reflection which increasingly organizes their thinking and thus leads them to…"

— Paulo Freire

Education1921–1997

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"This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells—that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one’s spiritual Self ."

— Swami Vivekananda

Religion1863–1902

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"It is beyond belief that we know so little about how people get rich or poor, about how it is they come to dwell in comfort and health or die in penury and disease. Financial markets are the machines …"

— Benoît Mandelbrot

Mathematics1924–2010

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