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To meet God or Medusa face to ...

To meet God or Medusa face to face, even if it means risking everything human in myself. I dream of a hard and brutal mysticism in which the naked self merges with the nonhuman world and yet somehow survives still intact individual, separate. Paradox and bedrock.

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The canyon country does not al...

The canyon country does not always inspire love. To many it appears barren, hostile, repellent - a fearsome mostly waterless land of rock and heat, sand dunes and quicksand, cactus, thornbrush, scorpion, rattlesnake, and agaraphobic distances. To those who see our land in that manner, the best reply is, yes, you are right, it is a dangerous and terrible place. Enter at your own risk. Carry water. Avoid the noonday sun. Try to ignore the vultures. Pray frequently.

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Every important change in our ...

Every important change in our society, for the good, at least, has taken place because of popular pressure-pressure from below, from the great mass of people.

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Be a half-assed crusader, a pa...

Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get out there and enjoy the world, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, husbands wives; climb mountains, run rivers, get drunk, do whatever you want to do while you can, before it's too late.

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I am hopeful, though not full ...

I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.

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The real work of men was hunti...

The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information.

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The basic science is not physi...

The basic science is not physics or mathematics but biology -- the study of life. We must learn to think both logically and bio-logically.

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Science transcends mere politi...

Science transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the free nations of the West.

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The world exists for its own s...

The world exists for its own sake, not for ours. Swallow *that* pill!

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Generally speaking, it's a mat...

Generally speaking, it's a matter of only mild intellectual interest to me whether the earth goes around the sun or the sun goes around the earth. In fact, I don't care a rat's ass either way.

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Most academic economists know ...

Most academic economists know nothing of economy. In fact, they know little of anything.

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When the biggest, richest, gla...

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

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One thing more dangerous than ...

One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.

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The very poor are strictly mat...

The very poor are strictly materialistic. It takes money to be a mystic.

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The rich can buy everything bu...

The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.

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You long for success? Start at...

You long for success? Start at the bottom; dig down.

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Nothing could be older than th...

Nothing could be older than the daily news, nothing deader than yesterday's newspaper.

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The result of this bestial lus...

The result of this bestial lust is an indiscriminate and promiscuous splaying of all of my energies- wanting all, I accomplish nothing; desiring everything, I satisfy nothing and am satisfied by nothing.

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There is no force more potent ...

There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.

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Capitalism: Nothing so mean co...

Capitalism: Nothing so mean could be right. Greed is the ugliest of the capital sins.

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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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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....