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Quote by Damien Hirst

“I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.”

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Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his influential presence in the art world. His works often deal with themes of death, life, and consumerism, characterized by vibrant colors and unique forms. more

“Sometimes I decide not to make something because I am proud and think I am better than that - and then I realise I have to pay the rent and I have to take something which is even worse than all the other stuff they offer you because you were being so proud not to take it! But you adjust and sometimes for one reason or another there is no strategy at the end but there is the ability to do the best that you can with what you have.”

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“Sometimes when we try to get outside of ourselves, to be like someone else, you miss out on so many beautiful things that you don't know that you are because you're looking at someone else.”

Knows Trying Sometimes Beautiful Missing Beautiful Things

Author:Salma Hayek

“I think today that's a very big problem because of the world we live in and the social media and everything... everybody is obsessed with their own identity, but seen through other people.”

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Author:Salma Hayek

“Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are.”

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Author:Salma Hayek

“I think we're always in the process of writing and rewriting the story of our lives, forming our experiences into a narrative that makes sense. Much of that work involves demythologizing family myths and cultural myths - getting free of what we have been told about ourselves.”

Thinking Writing Has Beens Stories Process Our Lives Myth Narrative Make Sense Rewriting

Author:Sam Keen

“I think that critiquing the myths of our society and helping people find their way through them is a very important thing. It's a theme that goes through all of my work.”

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Author:Sam Keen

“It's interesting that the worse things get, the more we believe the next technological fix is going to get us out of it. But it's like being in quicksand: the more you struggle the deeper you sink.”

Believe Next Interesting Struggle Deeper Technological Quicksand

Author:Sam Keen

“If we don't preserve forest habitat for spotted owls, then soon we won't have trees to refresh the air we breathe. And we're realizing that this applies to social ecology, as well.”

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Author:Sam Keen

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