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$The fracture of pencil still useful, but the fracture of soul, we couldn't use it, Mister. — © Pramoedya Ananta Toer$

The fracture of pencil still useful, but the fracture of soul, we couldn't use it, Mister.

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Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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February 6, 1925 - April 30, 2006

The frequency of disastrous consequences in compound fracture, contrasted with the complete immunity from danger to life or limb in simple fracture, is one of the most striking as well as melancholy facts in surgical practice.

Joseph Lister

It astonishes me already when I compare my condition today with what it was a month ago. Before that I knew well enough one could fracture one's legs and arms and recover afterward, but I did not know that you could fracture the brain in your head and recover from that too.

Vincent Van Gogh

In terms of America, I think any profound consideration is bound to return us to the notion of twins because, though you certainly can contend there are many Americas, our history has been binary from the beginning, with its hairline fracture down the country's center between what American has wanted to be and what America has been. That fracture is slavery, of course. To some extent it's still slavery, in that collectively we refuse to come to grips with the American fact of slavery.

Steve Erickson

An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture.

Jeff Vandermeer

Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!

Bruce Lee

The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running.

Grete Waitz

Learning can cause social fracture. Your people start expressing themselves.

Richard Rodriguez

I dream of a language whose words, like fists, would fracture jaws.

Emile M. Cioran

Bill Walton is incredible. If you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture.

Stan Albeck

She saw him fracture into rainbow colors through the prism of her love.

Salman Rushdie

I had broken my nose while practicing. Also I got a fracture on my shoulders, knees.

Sangram Singh

I had a depressed skull fracture. A few pieces of bone went in quite deep; that was the biggest danger.

Petr Cech

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

John Major

I do think that we may be looking at a period in the next few years where the two-party system will fracture.

Jonathan Tasini

I didn't fracture my neck, I didn't break it, but technically it's actually worse. The ligament holding the C2 ruptured, so my disc hit my spinal cord.

Tyson Kidd

Sinn Fein is the only political party on this island working to end that fracture in their nation and to achieving the Republic set out in the proclamation.

Martin McGuinness

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