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“When we talk to god, it's prayer. When god talks to us, it's schizophrenia.”

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Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, and singer, born on September 1, 1939. Known for her unique sense of humor and profound character portrayals, she is one of the most celebrated comedians of the 20th century. more

“Listen, in dreams and especially in nightmares, from indigestion or anything, a man sees sometimes such artistic visions, such complex and real actuality, such events, even a whole world of events, woven into such a plot, with such unexpected details from the most exalted matters to the last button on a cuff, as I swear Leo Tolstoy has never invented.”

Source: The Brothers Karamazov

“Beggars, especially noble beggars, should never show themselves in the street; they should ask for alms through the newspapers. It's still possible to love one's neighbor abstractly, and even occasionally from a distance, but hardly ever up close.”

Should Stills Shows Asks Streets Distance Noble Neighbor Newspapers Beggar Alms

Book:The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue

Source: The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue

“Come, try, give any one of us, for instance, a little more independence, untie our hands, widen the spheres of our activity, relax the control and we...yes, I assure you...we should be begging to be under control again at once.”

Giving Should Trying Littles Hands Activity Independence Instance Relax Spheres Begging

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Actions are sometimes performed in a masterly and most cunning way, while the direction of the actions is deranged and dependent on various morbid impressions - it's like a dream.”

Way Sometimes Dream Action Various Punishment Impression Dependent Cunning Morbid Crime And Punishment Deranged Crime Books

Book:Crime and Punishment

Source: Crime and Punishment

“I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll.”

Torture Humiliation Avenues Irritation

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Meet hostility and suspicion with kindness. Helping others out of love is always the best option.”

Helping Love Is Kindness Helping Others Suspicion Hostility

Author:Dalai Lama

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