I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

Henry Miller

Tropic of Cancer

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Topic

Freedom in poverty

Author

Henry Miller

Source

Tropic of Cancer

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Miller, Henry. Tropic of Cancer. Obelisk Press, 1934.

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I am interested in the future because I expect to spend the rest of my life in the future.

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Topic
The future
Speaker
Charles F. Kettering
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Kettering, Charles F. Spoken during a luncheon. Joint luncheon held by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Advertising Club. July 1939, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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This is hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Topic
Generosity Nature of love

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1884, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 2.