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Quote by Andre Breton
Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession. – Andre Breton

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The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations. – Andre Breton

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Public
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Andre Breton
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Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself. – Andre Breton

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Love
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Andre Breton
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Surrealism does not allow those who devote themselves to it to forsake it whenever they like. There is every reason to believe that it acts on the mind very much as drugs do; like drugs, it creates a certain state of need and can push man to frightful revolts. – Andre Breton

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Surrealism
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Science
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My parents divorced when I was born, and my mother is a political science professor, like a feminist Mormon, which is sort of an oxymoron. – Eliza Dushku

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Science

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction. – Joan D. Vinge

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Science

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world. – Jane Howard

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Science

If you publish a scientific paper it is very hard to start a nationwide debate about something. If you do this in a movie, you can start a debate. We like to create a bridge between those two worlds – film and science. – Jose Padilha

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Science

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Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. – Garrison Keillor

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There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it without it the brain and the hand would be helpless. – Gertrude Jekyll

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respect

Patriotism is the religion of hell. – James Branch Cabell

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Patriotism

You watch television and see whats going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack of leadership from the President and nothings going to get fixed until the President himself steps up and wrangles both parties in Congress. – Steve Wynn

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Leadership