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The mind supplies the idea of a nation, but what gives this idea its sentimental force is a community of dreams.
Andre Malraux
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Andre Malraux
Age: 75 †
Born: 1901
Born: November 3
Died: 1976
Died: November 23
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An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.
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A break in the established order is never the work of chance. It is the outcome of a man's resolve to turn life to account.
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Communism destroys democracy. Democracy can also destroy Communism.
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The truth about a man lies first and foremost in what he hides.
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Our civilization ... is not devaluing its awareness of the unknowable nor is it deifying it. It is the first civilization that has severed it from religion and superstition. In order to question it.
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An art book is a museum without walls.
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There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.
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Athirst for personal salvation, the West forgets that many religions had but a vague notion of the life beyond the grave true, all great religions stake a claim on eternity, but not necessarily on man's eternal life.
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