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Wednesday, 01 September 2010 02:16 |
“S’il est vrai que l’esprit humain penche par un bout vers le borné, le matériel et l’utile, de l’autre, il s’élève naturellement vers l’infini, l’immatériel et le beau. Les besoins physiques l’attachent à la terre, mais, dès qu’on ne le retient plus, il se redresse de lui-même.”
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 08:11 |
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Thomas Steinbeck asked his father: “What is the purpose of being a writer?” John Steinbeck answered: “To reconnect humans to their own humanity.” (East of Eden: Art in Search of Life, 2005) |
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Saturday, 01 May 2010 16:44 |
“You can’t win anybody’s love by fighting them every minute. You’ve got to fight with them. You’ve got to show them that you’re on their side.”
– East of Eden (deleted scene, 1955) |
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 18:04 |
“Que d’autres se targuent des pages qu’ils ont écrites; moi, je suis fier de celles que j’ai lues.”
– Jorge Luis Borges, Éloge de l'ombre |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 20:25 |
“Pourquoi dans la masse des beautés possibles, ai-je été sensible à sa beauté?”
– Éric Rohmer, L’amour l’après-midi |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 14:27 |
“You have to take your time getting to know people. You can’t get to know people in a hurry.”
– Garrison Keillor, «News from Lake Wobegon», 23 January 2010 |
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Friday, 01 January 2010 01:15 |
“Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.”
– Epictetus, The Enchiridion |
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 12:17 |
“If we don’t all watch the same TV, what will keep our culture homogeneous? We can’t rely on monolithic networks to provide uniform national blandness anymore!”
– Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, 29 August 1992
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 12:50 |
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«On me voudrait irrité. Je ne trouve pas irritant que les gens que je n'aime pas ne m'aiment pas non plus. J'ai bien assez d'avoir parfois à souffrir du contraire, je veux dire d'estimer des gens qui ne me le rendent pas, ou peu.»
– Pierre Foglia, La Presse, 24 octobre 2009
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 00:00 |
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«L’essentiel est sans cesse menacé par l’insignifiant.»
– René Char, «À une sérénité crispée»
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