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It is not the position, but the disposition.

Susan Sontag

The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.
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Destroy History
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
The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes.
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Live Old Oneself Recognition
Wherever people feel safe – they will be indifferent.
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Different People Safe
Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.
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Action Compassion Need
Most people in this society who aren’t actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics.
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Mad People Potential
In the valley of sorrow, spread your wings.
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Inspirational Sad Sorrow Wings
Our appreciations, it was felt, could be so much more inclusive if we said that something, instead of being beautiful, was ‘interesting’.
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Appreciation Beautiful Feeling
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
Self-respect. It would make me lovable. And it’s the secret to good sex.
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Goodness Myself Secret Self Sex
It hurts to love. It’s like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin.
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Hurt Love Moments Skin Walk
How boring just to be a body.
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Body Boring One Liner
I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.
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Encouragement Inspirational Life
whatever doesn’t kill you leaves scars.
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Kill Scars Yourself
Real art has the capacity to make us nervous.
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Art Design Real
I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.
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Attention Envy Feeling Pay People

It is not the position, but the disposition.

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