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“What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is a cut, a section, a slice of someone's orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away.”
― Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
― Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera
“In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage, are permissible.”
― Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists: And Other Essays
― Philosophy and the Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists: And Other Essays
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.”
― The Crack-Up
― The Crack-Up
“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
“If our life lacks a constant magic it is because we choose to observe our acts and lose ourselves in consideration of their imagined form and meaning, instead of being impelled by their force.”
― The Theater and Its Double
― The Theater and Its Double
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