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“It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.”
― An Outcast of the Islands
― An Outcast of the Islands
“Man is born in order to think (there he is, Kirill, finally!). Except that I don't believe that. I've never believed it, and I still don't believe it, and what man is born for -I have no idea. He's born, that's all. Scrapes by as best he can.”
― Roadside Picnic
― Roadside Picnic
“Strange department, this. Their motto was: "The comprehension of Infinity requires infinite time." I did not argue with that, but then they derived an unexpected conclusion from it: Therefore work or not, it´s all the same."
In the interests of not increasing the entropy of the universe, they did not work.”
― Понедельник начинается в субботу
In the interests of not increasing the entropy of the universe, they did not work.”
― Понедельник начинается в субботу
“Home's where you go when you run out of homes.”
― The Honourable Schoolboy
― The Honourable Schoolboy
“Charles de Gaulle once said, “The French will only be united under the threat of danger. Nobody can simply bring together a country that has 265 kinds of cheese.”
― France - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
― France - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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