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Yet there seemed to be some tr...

Yet there seemed to be some truth in the law of probability, according to which the chance of success is directly proportionate to the number of repetitions.

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A plausible rumor / Seems a lo...

A plausible rumor / Seems a lot more believable / Than the truth itself.

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It's a dangerous dog that does...

It's a dangerous dog that doesn't bark.

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Green makes me think of silenc...

Green makes me think of silence, or maybe it's loneliness. I get the feeling of a terribly distant star.

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Far happier he, who, young and...

Far happier he, who, young and full of pride And radiant with the glory of the sun, Leaves earth before his singing time is done. All wounds of Time the graveyard flowers hide, His beauty lives, as fresh as when he died.

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Nature with her wealth of bird...

Nature with her wealth of birds and flowers, Has in her heart a place for every weed; For her quick eyes require no microscope To note the varied wonders and delights That the Creator's humblest works possess.

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Things have value Because some...

Things have value Because somebody buys them, Because somebody pays money; If you can find a buyer, Even a lie is worth a thousand yen.

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Work seemed something fundamen...

Work seemed something fundamental for man, something which enabled him to endure the aimless flight of time.

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When I was young, I could boun...

When I was young, I could bounce back from things like a brand-new rubber ball.

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Do you shovel to survive, or s...

Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?

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Time cannot be spurred on like...

Time cannot be spurred on like a horse.

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Now that you are dead, you are...

Now that you are dead, you are splendid. Photographs of people who have just died are worth twenty percent more, and for suicides there is an additional five percent. Now that you are dead you are much in demand.

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When I look at small things, I...

When I look at small things, I think I shall go on living: drops of rain, leather gloves shrunk by being wet... When I look at something too big, I want to die: the Diet Building, or a map of the world.

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The most frightening thing in ...

The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.

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Without the threat of punishme...

Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in flight.

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Mankind, which has always been...

Mankind, which has always been a part of nature, has reached a point where it is too much for nature to accommodate.

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The thorn of death falls from ...

The thorn of death falls from heaven, and its myriad forms leave us no room to move.

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Suicide is an escape from life...

Suicide is an escape from life. What is life? An escape from death. This means that each of us must die twice. There is the death waiting for us ahead, and the death that comes pursuing from behind.... Once you are free at least from the death that comes pursuing you, you can relax and enjoy life as you go along.

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Some people, when they're call...

Some people, when they're called before the police, like nothing better than to spill everything, fact and fiction alike, hoping to create a good impression.

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A tower of illusion, all of it...

A tower of illusion, all of it, made of illusory bricks and full of holes. If life were made up only of imporant things, it really would be a dangerous house of glass, scarcely to be handled carelessly. But everyday life was exactly like the headlines. And so everybody, knowing the meaninglessness of existence, sets the centre of his compass at his own home.

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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...

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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...

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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....