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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. – Walter Benjamin

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The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions. – Walter Benjamin

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The book borrower…proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures…as by his failure to read these books. – Walter Benjamin

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Books
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. – Bertolt Brecht

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The first novel I wrote was a monster – clocking in at 180,000 words – but it died a death, a death it deserved. It was called The Gods First Make Mad. It was a good title, but it was the only good thing about the book. I didnt let that put me off. – Wilbur Smith

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Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making. – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. – Angela Davis

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Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress. – John Clapham, A Concise Economic History of Britain, 1957

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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. – B.F. Skinner

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I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. Thats what our purpose is in this business. Youre merchandised, youre a product. Youre sold and its based on sex. But thats okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded. – Megan Fox

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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. – Ogden Nash

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