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«I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.»
Author: Jack London
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.»
Author: Jim Morrison
(Poet, Singer)
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derangement, obtain, prolonged, prolonging, prolongs, senses, unknown
«It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure.»
Author: Coco Chanel
(Fashion designer)
| About:
Fashion
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accessories, accessory, arrival, arrivals, departure, departures, fashion, herald, heralding, heralds, prolongs, The Arrival, The Herald, The Unseen, unforgettable, unseen
«Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.»
«I believe in a long, prolonged derangement of the senses to attain the unknown. Our pale reasoning hides the infinite from us.»
Author: Jim Morrison
(Poet, Singer)
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attain, derangement, hides, infinite, pale, pales, palest, paling, prolonged, prolonging, prolongs, reasoning, senses, the senses, unknown
«I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong it's reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
| Keywords:
aggregated, Corporations, corruption, endeavor, enthrone, enthroned, enthrones, era, eras, higher power, high hand, prejudices, prolong, prolongs, reign, reigning, republic, The Corporation, The Republic
«Hope in reality is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| Keywords:
at the worst, evils, hope, in a bad way, in reality, man, most evil, Much Evil, Of Man, prolonging, prolongs, reality, the very worst, tormenting, torments, worst
«Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| About:
Evil,
Hope
| Keywords:
evils, Of Man, prolonging, prolongs, torment, tormenting, worst
«'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.»
Author: Lord Byron
| Keywords:
prolongs
«An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.»
Author: T.S. Eliot
(Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
by election, declared, election, election of, foxes, poultry, prolonging, prolongs, sincere, universal
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