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181 " one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. Yes, the Devil shall take the hindmost until the foremost is the hindmost. In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction "
― David Mitchell , Cloud Atlas
182 " Conduct your life in such a way that, when your train breaks down in the eve of your years, you have a warm, dry car driven by a loved one - or a hired one, it matters not - to take you home. "
183 " Funny, thinks Milton. Power, time, gravity, love. The forces that really kick ass are all invisible. "
184 " Es un ciclo tan antiguo como el tribalismo. Todo comienza con la ignorancia. La ignorancia genera miedo. El miedo genera odio y el odio genera violencia. La violencia provoca más violencia hasta que la única ley viene dictada por la voluntad del más fuerte. "
185 " Wars do not combust without warning. They begin as little fires over the horizon. Wars approach. A wise man watches for the smoke, and prepares to vacate the neighborhood just like Ayrs and Jocasta. My worry is that the next war will be so big, nowhere with a decent restaurant will be left untouched. "
186 " I said something about reading not being knowledge, about knowledge without experience being food without sustenance. "
187 " A man like me has no business with this substance "beauty," yet here she is, in these soundproofed chambers of my heart. "
188 " As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of us you kill, you will never kill your successor. "
189 " La segunda ley de la supervivencia afirma que no existe una segunda ley. O comes o te comen. Punto. "
190 " The conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our weapon is public outrate. "
191 " To get the crowd to cry Hosanna, you must first ride to town on an ass. "
192 " Quienquiera que se inventase eso de que el dinero no hace la felicidad, se regocija Lloyd Hooks, está claro que no tenía bastante. "
193 " This morn I awoke to the laments of fallen angels. "
194 " Dr. Upward was one of those Academy Award-winning Asses of Arrogance you find in educational administration, law or medicine. "
195 " An abyss cannot be crossed in two steps. "
196 " The glances musicians exchange, when music is effortless, that was what he wanted from Milly, that intimacy. "
197 " Memory Serves." Duplicitous couplet. "
198 " Revolutionary or gimmicky? Shan't know until it's finished, and by then it'll be too late, but it's the first thing I think of when I wake, and the last thing I think of before I fall asleep, even if J. is in my bed. She should understand, the artist lives in two worlds. "
199 " El poder, el tiempo, la gravedad, el amor. Las fuerzas que de verdad mueven el cotarro son invisibles. "
200 " Hay tantas verdades como hombres. De vez en cuando, alcanzo a vislumbrar una Verdad más verdadera, escondida entre simulacros imperfectos de sí misma, pero en cuanto me acerco, se agita y se hunde más todavía en la espinosa ciénaga del desacuerdo. "