Steve Martin on destruction
Steve Martin59 quotes“Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.”
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
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Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.
Genghis KhanGenghis Khan Don’t Look For the Finish Line. The Journey Itself Is The Destination.
SadhguruSadhguru Death as the destruction of all things no longer had meaning when life was revealed to be a fatuous sequence of empty words, the hollow jingle of a jester’s cap and bells.
Michel FoucaultMichel Foucault Don’t ever underestimate the destructive power of sins of omission.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better. Sometimes such deaths virtually destroy us.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Great nations do not succumb through lost wars, but rather through racial decay and the destruction of their internal order.
Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler All she built had fallen apart it’s OK she believed destruction was art.
Shannon Van AlstShannon Van Alst Every day is an up and down spiral I have become a hurricane coming in with no warning ceasing to understand where my destruction has come from at all.
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