You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more.
~ Milan Kundera
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True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.
~ Milan Kundera
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Even castles in the sky can do with a fresh coat of paint.
~ Haruki Murakami
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Civilization as we know it is inseparable from urban life.
~ Friedrich Hayek
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In the autumn of 1929 the mightiest of Americans were, for a brief time, revealed as human beings.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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When we ignore the body, we are more easily victimized by it.
~ Milan Kundera
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When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover. Because ever since the great tulipmania in 1637, speculation has always been covered by a new paradigm.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
~ George Orwell
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The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it.
~ Milan Kundera
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All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.
~ Jean-Paul Sartre
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