"I only want power so I can get books."

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Eliezer Yudkowsky

#Book Quotes #Want Quotes

“A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.”

Source : "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XLIV, section 15,
“When socialism comes into power, the Roman Church will advocate socialism with the same vigor [with which] it is now favoring feudalism and slavery.”
“I live out of cans a lot. But I try to indulge only in healthy canned food.”
“People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you don't like the shop trading hours and you're a shop owner, you don't have to open.”
“A really failing society has a lot of rules (or laws).”
“You see the world, you end up in jail three or four times, you accumulate experience. And it gives you something to say. If you don't have anything to say then you shouldn't be making films. It's nothing to do with what lens you're using.”
“I find that the critics of voluntary service are all too often those who are prepared to accept such services when they require them but deride them with cynicism and scepticism when they see others helping and being helped.”
“Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.”

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