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“Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'”

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Albert Brooks, born on July 22, 1947, is a renowned American actor. He has made significant contributions to both film and television, known for his unique sense of humor and acting prowess. more

“Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the Doppelschläferin, and the preparation and flying of a magic broom; I had survived two months as prisoner of war, saving the life of captain Johanne in the process; I had escaped the dungeons of Fortress Drachensbett, and after an arduous journey successfully reunited with my double, so preserving her, and all Montagne, from Prince Flonian's rapacity, I would somehow master the despicable art of being a princess.”

“For, the sense of being which in calm hours rises, we know not how, in the soul, is not diverse from things, from space, from light, from time, from man, but one with them, and proceeds obviously from the same source whence their life and being also proceed. We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and of thought.”

Knows Men Soul Light Action Lying Hours Space Source Calm Arise Diverse Immense Fountain Lap

Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Consciousness is a being the nature of which is to be conscious of the nothingness of its being.”

Consciousness Conscious Nothingness

Book:The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism

Source: The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism

“Everyone in the life before was cranky, I think, because they just wanted to know. --After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned”

Thinking Knows Wanted Rivers Thrown Cranky

Author:Dave Eggers

“Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music. Solitude, quality solitude, is an assertion of self-worth, because only in the stillness can we hear the truth of our own unique voices.”

Source: Mad at Miles: a blackwoman's guide to truth

“Each time I told my story, I lost a bit, the smallest drop of pain. It was that day that I knew I wanted to tell the story of my family. Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.”

Real Stories Wanted Earth Pain Lost Bits Sun Flower Horror My Family Smallest Lovely Bones

Book:The Lovely Bones

Source: The Lovely Bones

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