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“I don't know what it is like to not have deep emotions. Even when I feel nothing, I feel it completely”
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“It is safest to grasp the concept of the postmodern as an attempt to think the present historically in an age that has forgotten how to think historically in the first place.”
― Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
― Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
“I know of no better life purpose than to perish attempting the great and impossible. The fact that something seems impossible should not be a reason to not pursue it. That’s exactly what makes it worth pursuing. Where would the courage and greatness be if success was certain and there was no risk. The only true failure is shrinking away from life’s challenges.”
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“The arts that have escaped [uniformity] best are the arts in which the public take no interest. Poetry is an instance of what I mean. We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it.”
― The Soul of Man Under Socialism
― The Soul of Man Under Socialism
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