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Branko Nikovski
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“Glory to the logos, my friends! Long live dialectics! Let the party begin! May the verb be with you!”
― The 7th Function of Language
― The 7th Function of Language
“Aprendí por el deporte que la generosidad es mejor que la indiferencia. Aprendí el valor del coraje, la importancia del esfuerzo y lo trascendente de la rebeldía. Son los tres o cuatro elementos con que después yo traté de orientar mi vida”
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“Man 'knows', which is why he is always two : his life and his knowing.”
― Persuasion and Rhetoric
― Persuasion and Rhetoric
“Best to immunize your consciousness from any thoughts that are startling and dreadful so that we can all go on conspiring to survive and reproduce as paradoxical beings—puppets that can walk and talk all by themselves. At worst keep your startling and dreadful thoughts to yourself. Hearken well: “None of us wants to hear spoken the exact anxieties we keep locked up inside ourselves. Smother that urge to go spreading news of your pain and nightmares around town.”
― The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
― The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
“In those olden days, when they built cathedrals, men wanted to be close to God”
― Cathedral
― Cathedral
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