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Most people in this society who aren’t actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics.

Susan Sontag

I want to be able to be alone, to find it nourishing – not just a waiting.
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Myself Solitude Wait
The problems of this world are only truly solved in two ways: by extinction or duplication.
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Extinction Problem World
A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask.
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Death Painting Photography Reality
All my life I’ve been looking for someone intelligent to talk to.
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Intelligent Life Talk
The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.
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Destroy History
Fear of sexuality is the new, disease-sponsored register of the universe of fear in which everyone now lives.
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Disease Fear Sexuality
It is not the position, but the disposition.
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Attitude Inspirational Motivational One Liner
In ‘life,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my work. In ‘work,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my life.
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Job Life Myself Poet Writing
The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.
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People Reality Women
10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.
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Change Direction People
I urge you to be as impudent as you dare. BE BOLD, BE BOLD, BE BOLD.
SUSAN SONTAG

Courage Inspirational Yourself
Being in love means being willing to ruin yourself for the other person.
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Love Person Ruin Willing
In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.
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Art Need Place
Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims.
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Blame Evil Identify Need
Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.
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Attention Connection Inspirational Pay
In the valley of sorrow, spread your wings.
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Inspirational Sad Sorrow Wings

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