Source: Eleven Minutes
Dante Alighieri book Inferno
Canto I, lines 1–3 (tr. Mandelbaum).
Longfellow's translation:
: Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straight-forward pathway had been lost.
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Inferno
Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
February 11, 1934; quoted in: Peter Collier, David Horowitz (2001). The Fords: An American Epic. p. 108
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
Interview with Irwin Ross, September 1957;If there were a God, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence. Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell (2005), p. 385
1950s
John Waters (1946) American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer
Books, Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste (1981)
“I know I had everything, but not because I had it. I know because afterwards I had nothing else.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Que tuve todo lo sé, no por lo que tuve. Lo sé porque después no tuve más.
Voces (1943)
Christian Serratos (1990) American actress
"‘Twilight’ Star Hits Graveyard In Sexy, Dark PETA Ad" https://www.peta.org.uk/media/news-releases/twilight-star-hits-graveyard-in-sexy-dark-peta-ad/, interview with PETA (November 2012).
Max Stirner book The Ego and Its Own
Ich setze Mich nicht voraus, weil Ich Mich jeden Augenblick überhaupt erst setze oder schaffe, und nur dadurch Ich bin, dass Ich nicht vorausgesetzt, sondern gesetzt bin, und wiederum nur in dem Moment gesetzt, wo ich mich setze, d.h. Ich bin Schöpfer un Geschöpf in Einem.
Cambridge 1995, p. 135
The Ego and Its Own (1845)
