It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection. - Antonio Tabucchi - Quotesmemo.com

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I don't prefer to fill my body with antibiotics, pesticides, steroids, and growth hormones - my body is my temple, and I treat it as such.

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Antonio Tabucchi

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.

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People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.

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Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

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