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Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "I'd made sure I knew his name. You shouldn't ask people to die..."
I'd made sure I knew his name. You shouldn't ask people to die for you if you don't at least know their name. Laurell K. Hamilton
We've got a form of brainwashing going on in our country…. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that's what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. MORE IS GOOD. MORE IS GOOD. We repeat it--and have it repeated to us--over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all this, he has no perspective on what's really important... Morrie Schwartz
Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers. Tove Jansson
To talk, simply to talk! It sounds so little, and how much it is! When you have existed to the brink of middle age in bitter loneliness, among people to whom your true opinion on every subject on earth is blasphemy, the need to talk is the greatest of all needs. George Orwell
Oscar Wilde quote: "A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing..."
A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. Oscar Wilde
Both scepticism and wonder are skills that need honing and practice. Their harmonious marriage within the mind of every schoolchild ought to be a principal goal of public education. I’d love to see such a domestic felicity portrayed in the media, television especially: a community of people really working the mix - full of wonder, generously open to every notion, dismissing nothing except for good reason, but at the same time, and as second nature, demanding stringent standards of evidence;... Carl Sagan
The diverse natures of men, combined with the necessity to satisfy in some manner the sentiment which desires them to be equal, has had the result that in the democracies they have endeavored to provide the appearance of power in the people and the reality of power in an elite. Vilfredo Pareto
Nicholas Sparks quote: "Most people don’t know how to appreciate the silence. They..."
Most people don’t know how to appreciate the silence. They can’t help talking. Nicholas Sparks
The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing. Charles Bukowski
Baltasar Gracian quote: "Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some..."
Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier. Baltasar Gracian
...[she]considered the possibility of telling her about everything that was happening, but then she changed her mind; people never learn anything by being told; they have to find out for themselves. Paulo Coelho
When some one reminded him that the people of Sinope had sentenced him to exile, he said, "And I sentenced them to stay at home. Diogenes
A few times I invited Ba to visit me from the World of Yin. But other yin friends tell me he is stuck somewhere else, a foggy place where people believe their lies are true. Amy Tan
Patrick Henry quote: "It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains."
It is when a people forget God, that tyrants forge their chains. Patrick Henry
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "There are a lot of things we don't want to know about the..."
There are a lot of things we don't want to know about the people we love. Chuck Palahniuk

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