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The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possib

The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities. – Susan Sontag

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The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie. – Susan Sontag

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Truth
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Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt. – Susan Sontag

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Hurt, Injury
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Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. – Susan Sontag

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Science
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I do consider myself part of black history. – Mary J. Blige

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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. – Henry Adams

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To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasnt everything. – Albert Camus

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History

Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social Security has been the most important and valuable social program in the history of the United States. – Bernie Sanders

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When we grow old, there can only be one regret — not to have given enough of ourselves. – Eleonora Duse

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Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements. – Kenneth L. Pike

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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements. – J. G. Ballard

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A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns. – Mario Puzo

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