Jacques Derrida
Philosopher, Linguist
"The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived."
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Apocalypse
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Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"the better angels of our nature"
Marlon Brando
Actor, Director
"Horror and moral terror are your friends."
Francis Ford Coppola
Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter
"I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In 'The Godfather' it was succession. In 'The Conversation' it was privacy. In 'Apocalypse' it was morality."
H. G. Wells
Writer
"How small the vastest of human catastrophes may seem, at a distance of a few million miles."
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"I sat in the dark and thought: There’s no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones."
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"I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going."
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"The apocalypse is the millennium, and the psychedelics move you into the future."
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"I see the meaning of apocalypse as an unveiling of our deeper self."
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"I can see we're in for a fabulous evening's apocalypse."
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"The Planet drifts to random insect doom."
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"I have heard the languages of apocalypse, and now I shall embrace the silence."
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