Every man would like to possess all the women in the world, but a woman only wants the man she loves and to whom she is faithful.
~ Elfriede Jelinek
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Author Archives: Seamas Anstruther
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An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them.
~ Werner Heisenberg
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The dignity of his office is never impaired by the absence of efforts on his part to maintain it.
~ Charles Dickens
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I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people.
~ Desiderius Erasmus
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The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies. If he only shows in his work that he has searched, and re-searched, for the way to put over lies, he would never accomplish anything.
~ Pablo Picasso
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We need to deal with our resources differently, in terms of how we waste things. We have to move away from the throwaway habit. Things can, and must, last longer.
~ Dieter Rams
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Man has no greater enemy than himself.
~ Francesco Petrarca
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There’s nothing harder in the world than making art, particularly when no one understands it.
~ Gustave Courbet
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When a thing is done, it’s done. Don’t look back. Look forward to your next objective.
~ George C. Marshall
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A stable economic system requires two components: growth and inclusivity. Economic growth matters because most people want their lives to improve every year.
~ Sam Altman
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