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As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide. ↗

— Vance Havner

#death #divide #haven #hide #know

As scientists, we keep an open mind, but we have to base our ideas about the past on archaeological evidence. ↗

— Zahi Hawass

#archaeological #base #evidence #ideas #keep

It's a wonderful side effect of what we're doing, to give someone the strength to come out of the closet to their family, or simply present themselves aesthetically in a way they feel happy with, whether or not their friends are going to be allowed to like them anymore. ↗

— Davey Havok

#allowed #anymore #closet #come #doing

People do get ridiculed for liking us or because they look the way they do and they're a part of what we do. ↗

— Davey Havok

#get #liking #look #part #people

We do not fall in love with the package of the person, we fall in love with the inside of a person. ↗

— Anne Heche

#inside #love #package #person