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Ayn Rand quote: "She had learned, in the slums of her childhood, that honest..."
She had learned, in the slums of her childhood, that honest people were never touchy about the matter of being trusted. Ayn Rand
She leaned toward him and said in a quiet voice, "Are you Christian?"Mitchell hesitated to answer. The worst thing about religion was religious people. Jeffrey Eugenides
Monarchies have some good features beyond their star qualities. They can reduce the size and parasitic nature of the management bureaucracy. They can make speedy decisions when necessary. They fit an ancient human demand for a parental (tribal/feudal) hierarchy where every person knows his place. It is valuable to know your place, even if that place is temporary. It is galling to be held in place against your will. This is why I teach about tyranny in the best possible way—by example. Frank Herbert
Graham Greene quote: "There's nothing discreditable about jealousy, Mr Bendrix. I..."
There's nothing discreditable about jealousy, Mr Bendrix. I always salute it as the mark of true love. Graham Greene
Ann Patchett quote: "If want a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about..."
If want a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Ann Patchett
That thing about don't look up here, you're pissing on your shoes, for instance, was that humor? Or a growl of rage? --All That You Love Will Be Carried Away. Stephen King
Carol Ann Duffy quote: "Went to the Zoo, I said to Him- Something about that..."
Went to the Zoo, I said to Him- Something about that chimpanzee over there reminds me of you. Carol Ann Duffy
And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own. Paulo Coelho
When ... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class in America," ... It is if I had said, "I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals. Paul Fussell
Yeah, all right, but everyone knows they torture people," mumbled Sam."Do they?" said Vimes. "Then why doesn't anyone do anything about it?"'cos they torture people. Terry Prachett
And it was the kind of thing that loses the most important nuances when reduced to words. He had never told anyone about it, and he probably never would. Haruki Murakami
You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone. Marcus Aurelius
In perpetrating a revolution, there are two requirements: someone or something to revolt against and someone to actually show up and do the revolting. Dress is usually casual and both parties may be flexible about time and place, but if either faction fails to attend, the whole enterprise is likely to come off badly. Woody Allen
We know that poverty is unpleasant; in fact, since it is so remote, we rather enjoy harrowing ourselves with the thought of its unpleasantness. But don't expect us to do anything about it. We are sorry for you lower classes, just as we are sorry for a, cat with the mange, but we will fight like devils against any improvement of your condition. We feel that you are much safer as you are. The present state of affairs suits us, and we are not going to take the risk of setting you free, even by... George Orwell
She asked God, without fear, if he really believed that people were made of iron in order to bear so many troubles and mortifications; and asking over and over she was stirring up her own confusion and she felt irrepressible desires to let herself go and scamper about like a foreigner and allow herself at last an instant of rebellion, that instant yearned for so many times and so many times postponed, putting her resignation aside and shitting on everything once and for all and drawing out of... Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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