It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim.

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The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

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The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

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The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

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What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

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If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no...

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The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

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Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority,...

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The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.

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The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess...

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We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

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If youre sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come...