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“No greater affirmation of life is possible than to wish every part of it to return to you forever. It is the sublime moment when a person can look at his life, no matter what it consists of – good, bad, or indifferent – and find within himself the desire never to be freed from any aspect of it that allows a human being to be transformed into an Übermensch, the supreme life affirmer.”

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Author:Michael Faust
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“Quando eu ouvi a estória de Noé, eu jurava que ele era o herói, similar à chinesa, de um homem defendendo a humanidade de um Deus covarde. Eu mantive essa visão positiva de Noé até iniciar meus estudos que gerou esse livro. Um dia comecei a pesquisar, pensando em Noé como o herói da estória e fiquei sem entender nada: Noé ficou do lado de Deus. Isso nunca daria um filme de Hollywood. Superman abriu mão de sua família para defender a terra. Em um dos filmes, Superman quebra o pescoço do general Zod que queria testar até que ponto Clark Kent (Kalenji) iria com sua fidelidade ao humanos. Ao se incapaz de parar o raio mortal do general Zod, ele toma a decisão de matar o general, que era sua única família de verdade. Esse tipo de problema aparece na filosofia, e tem sido inclusive fruto de experimentos. Como exemplo, um experimento famoso, pessoas precisam decidir se desencarrilham um trem matando todos no trem para salvar uma pessoa no trilho. O experimento evolve dois cenários: um com uma pessoa com nome similar à pessoa que decide, e outro com nome de alguma nação historicamente inimiga. Eles até acham um hormônio expressado no momento da decisão, seria “o hormônio da camaradagem”.”

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Book:Seria a Bíblia um livro científico?: Por que a Bíblia Sagrada não deve ser levada a sério e como argumentar contra ela (Estudos Bíblicos para ateus 2)
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“Lois Lane was part of the Superman dynamic from the very start. The intrepid star newspaper reporter had made her first appearance in 1938’s Action Comics #1, the same issue where Superman made his debut. She was infatuated with the powerful, godlike Superman, while repulsed by his meek pantywaist alter ego, her rival reporter Clark Kent. Lois’ 1940s persona of tough crusading reporter was in the mold of Hollywood dames like Rosalind Russell. Lois’ tireless effort to get her next headline, along with her impulsive personality, often put her in danger, from which Superman would have to rescue her. But the 40s Lois was no pushover. She was a modern career woman, and her dream was to get her greatest scoop: Superman’s secret identity. The Superman/Lois Lane relationship had many complicated factors that would prevent a romance from ever reaching fruition, while still providing the right tension to sustain the relationship for decades. First off, they were literally from different worlds. Superman was the last survivor of the doomed planet Krypton, and was raised by simple midwestern farm folk. Lois Lane was very much a woman of 20th century America: emancipated, headstrong, and unwilling to take “no” for an answer. Superman’s timid farm boy Clark Kent persona crumbled before Lois’ ferocious, emasculating temperament, while his heroic Man of Steel found himself constantly confounded by her impetuous nature. Meanwhile, the very issue of Superman’s secret identity always threw a wrench into his romance with Lois. Besides the basic duplicity, Superman becomes his own rival, squelching any chance for a healthy relationship. Superman loves Lois Lane, but tries to win her heart as meek Clark Kent, with the rationale that he wants to be sure Lois really loves him for himself, not for his glamorous superhuman persona. But since he’s created a wallflower persona that Lois will never find attractive, he sabotages any chance for love. Lois, for her part, is enamored with Superman, yet has a burning desire to discover his secret identity. Lois never considers that she risks losing Superman’s love if she learns his secret identity, or that the world may lose its champion and protector. (...) If the Lois Lane of the ’40s owed much to the tough talking heroines of that decade’s screwball comedies, the Lois of the ’50s was defined by the medium of the new era—television.”

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Book:Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
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“Every little prick out there wants me to lift them. I had this one kid from Oklahoma, big fat shitter he was. Legs as fat as a Downers forehead screaming Up, up, Hulk up! at me for ten minutes until I had no other choice. Fat fucker damn near put my back out and then his old man stiffs me with Canadian dollars. Canadian, can you believe that shit?!”

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Book:Heroes of Hollywood Boulevard
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“You don't want some tacky Vegas fly-by. You're serious. You're serious about friendships, about your work, your family. You're serious about Star Wars, and you active dislike of Jar Jar Binks---" "Well, God. Come on, anyone who---" "You're serious," she continued before he went on a Jar Jar rant, "about living your life on your terms, and being easygoing doesn't negate that one bit. You're serious about what kind of kryptonite is more lethal to Superman." "You have to go with the classic green. I told you, the gold can strip Kryptonians' powers permanently, but---"... ..."Mkae all the lists you want, Cilla. Love? It's green kryptonite. it powers out all the rest.”

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Book:Tribute
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