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Why does any martyr cooperate ...

Why does any martyr cooperate with his judases?...We see a game beyond the endgame...As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of us you kill, you will never kill your successor.

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The music provokes a sharp lon...

The music provokes a sharp longing the music soothes.

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Creation never ceased on the s...

Creation never ceased on the sixth evening, it occurs to the young man. Creation unfolds around us, despite us and through us at the speed of days and nights. And we call it love.

David Mitchell 272 quotes

Hate eats the hater the way og...

Hate eats the hater the way ogres eat little boys.

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The truth of a myth...is not i...

The truth of a myth...is not in its words but its patterns.

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Why fight the 'natural' (oh, w...

Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.

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One cannot pass by without thi...

One cannot pass by without thinking of the density of men in the ground.

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Peace, though beloved of our L...

Peace, though beloved of our Lord, is a cardinal virtue only if your neighbors share your conscience.

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Power, time, gravity, love. Th...

Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible.

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To fool a judge, feign fascina...

To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom.

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I feel like something importan...

I feel like something important has happened to meIs this possible?

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Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon...

Beyond the Indian hamlet, upon a forlorn strand, I happened on a trail of recent footprints.

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Wars do not combust without wa...

Wars do not combust without warning. They begin as little fires over the horizon. Wars approach. A wise man watches for the smoke, and prepares to vacate the neighborhood, just like Ayrs and Jocasta. My worry is that the next war will be so big, nowhere with a decent restaurant will be left untouched.

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Ive never had cocaine. I work ...

Ive never had cocaine. I work in showbusiness and no one has ever offered me cocaine. Can you believe that? It makes me worry Im not always the life and soul of the party that I feel like in my head,

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I think all writers of my age ...

I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can't help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it's taught writers.

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In the 1970s and 1980s there w...

In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but we're now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals.

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We are only what we know, and ...

We are only what we know, and I wished to be so much more than I was, sorely.

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The better organized the state...

The better organized the state, the duller its humanity.

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An idler and a sluggard are as...

An idler and a sluggard are as different as a gourmand and a glutton.

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Whoever opined 'Money can't b...

Whoever opined 'Money can't buy you happiness' obviously had far too much of the stuff.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....