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“But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .”

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Nick Cave, born on September 22, 1957, is an Australian musician, singer, and songwriter. His musical career began in the 1970s, known for his distinctive voice and profound lyrics. Cave's musical style is versatile, spanning from rock to folk and gothic rock. His work often delves into themes of humanity, religion, and death. more

“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”

Source: Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition

“When he went back to the fire he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept and he said if he were God he would have made the world just so and no different.”

Ifs World Made Said Different Fire Hair Literary Love

Book:The Road

Source: The Road

“We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother”

World Use Choices Inspiring Our Lives Bother Better Place

Author:Jane Goodall

“Human beings are remarkable - at what we can learn to live with. If we couldn't get strong from what we lose, and what we miss, and what we want and can't have, then we couldn't ever get strong enough, could we? What else makes us strong?”

Ifs Want Humans Enough Strong Loses Human Beings Missing Remarkable Strong Enough

Author:John Irving

“The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other nations also possess this technology. Many more nations are seeking it, and more will succeed in acquiring it.”

Firsts States Nations United Technology United States Succeed Conflict Seeking Strikes Aircraft Armed Conflict

Author:John O. Brennan

“No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence--that which makes its truth, its meaning--its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream--alone.”

Life Dream Given Existence Impossible Essence Subtle Sensations Epoch Heart Of Darkness

Author:Joseph Conrad

“Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.”

World Long Running Memories Knowing Alive Corners Explanation Long Runs Vegas Las Vegas Loathing Gonzo Fear And Loathing

Book:The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

Source: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

“You've only got to begin to do anything to find out how few honest, honourable people there are. Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I think: "Oh Lord, you've given us huge forests, infinite fields, and endless horizons, and we, living here, ought really to be giants.”

People Thinking I Can Sometimes Given Sleep Lord Honest Fields Huge Ought Infinite Endless Forests Giants Horizon Can't Sleep I Can't Sleep

Book:Greatest Works of Anton Chekhov: Plays, Short Stories, Novel and A Biography (Including The Steppe, Ward No. 6, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, On Trial, The Darling, The Bet, Vanka, After the Theatre and many more)

Source: Greatest Works of Anton Chekhov: Plays, Short Stories, Novel and A Biography (Including The Steppe, Ward No. 6, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, On Trial, The Darling, The Bet, Vanka, After the Theatre and many more)

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