Quote by Germaine Greer
Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even tho

Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe. – Germaine Greer

Other quotes by Germaine Greer

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it. – Germaine Greer

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Love, love, love — all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures. – Germaine Greer

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Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity. – Germaine Greer

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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Down went the owners — greedy men whom hope of gain allured: oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily insured. – W. S. Gilbert

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When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped. – Samuel Johnson

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What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? – E. M. Cioran

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I think Ive earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency. – Curt Schilling

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I know so many amazing actors who dont get work… and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way. – Jenna Fischer

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