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“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
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“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.”
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“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
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Jay’s 2025 Year in Books
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