"Ethics is not just an abstract intellectual discipline. It is about the conflicts that arise in trying to meet real human needs and values."

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Source : "Why must scientists become more ethically sensitive than they used to be?" by John Ziman, Science, December 4, 1998.

John Ziman

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“I wish it had been something as sexy as the old Joey Tribbiani, falling-down-an-elevator shaft. But no. It just faded out. I wasn't related to anybody or anybody's lost, amnesiac lovechild in One Life to Live. They just didn't have room for me, so it was a slow fade. I remember feeling the writing on the wall: "This is not going to end well for me."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.”
“The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.”
“Life is not an on and off switch. You don't have to have a military that is either in hard combat or is in the barracks.”
“We fought the Revolutionary War for no taxation without representation, it seems to me that we are much worse off today, because we are heavily taxed, and only the king's corporations control this Country, together with mob rule, of the special interests.”
“One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world.”
“Parents' tolerance of violence is so different to their tolerance of sexuality. If violence is involved in the sexuality it's somehow perceived as entertainment, but if love is involved with sexuality it's seen as pornographic and is not acceptable.”
“I donâ€™t drink, I donâ€™t smoke, I donâ€™t do drugs. I kick people in the face for a living. So, if thatâ€™s something youâ€™re into â€” if you like watching people get kicked in the face â€” come see me. Iâ€™ll probably be your favorite wrestler”

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