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Louis L'Amour quote: "We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to..."
We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different. Louis L'Amour
Jimmy Carter quote: "When people are intimidated about having their own opinions,..."
When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand. Jimmy Carter
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Modern people are just like ancient ones, only more numerous."
Modern people are just like ancient ones, only more numerous. Barbara Kingsolver
I am like a person whose hands were kept numb, without sensation from the first moment of awareness - until one day the ability to feel is forced into them. And I say "Look! I have no hands!" But the people all around me say: "What are hands? Frank Herbert
I would really like to have had the guts and the energy and so on to be able to write about, you know, people having battles with the DHSS. But I...I haven't. They're dull things. I mean, I'm an arty person. OK, I write overblown, purple, self-indulgent prose. So fucking what? Angela Carter
As I sat in the hot, salty water, I thought, 'No wonder Mr. Bubble always gave me a urinary tract infection and hives.' Mr Bubble was for common people. Mr. Bubble was for my so-called brother, their true child. I was a Vanderbilt. I should bathe in condiments and seasonings. It was in my Vanderbilt genes. Augusten Burroughs
the people of the united states were...spoiled children, who are begging for a frightening but just daddy to tell them exactly what to do Kurt Vonnegut
George Foreman quote: "Don't be afraid to employ people who will force you out of..."
Don't be afraid to employ people who will force you out of your comfort zone. George Foreman
Stephen King quote: "I don't like people. They fuck me up."
I don't like people. They fuck me up. Stephen King
The closer you get to real matter, rock air fire and wood, boy, the more spiritual life is. All these people thinking they're hardheaded materialistic practical types, they don't know shit about matter, their heads are full of dreamy ideas and notions. Jack Kerouac
Anne Tyler quote: "it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to..."
...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son. Anne Tyler
[to Jesus] "The very people who today kissed your feet, tomorrow, at a nod from me, will rush to heap the coals up around your stake, do you know that? Fyodor Dostoevsky
To qualify as a Seeker, it was necessary to show a high serendipity factor. In my experimental behaviour pool as a child, I had exhibited such a factor, and had been selected for special training forthwith. I had taken additional courses in Philosophical, Alpha-humerals, Incidental Tetrachotomy, Apunctual Synchronicity, Homoontogenesis, and other subjects, ultimately qualifying as a Prime Esemplastic Seeker. In other words, I put two and two together in situations where other people were not... Brian Aldiss
Despots play their part in the works of thinkers. The writer doubles and trebles the power of writing when a ruler imposes silence on the people. Victor Hugo
I've since discovered that many human beings need no supernatural mentoring to commit acts of savagery; some people are devils in their own right, their telltale horns having grown inward to facilitate their disguise. Dean Koontz

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