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“A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.”
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“At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.”
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“When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.”
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“Let me go to hell, that's all i ask.”
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“Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical”
Source : "Amartya Sen: India's dirty fighter". Interview With Madeleine Bunting, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2013.
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“The Jews who will it shall achieve their State. We shall live at last as free men on our own soil, and in our own homes peacefully die. The world will be liberated by our freedom, enriched by our wealth, magnified by our greatness. And whatever we attempt there for our own benefit will redound mightily and beneficially to the good of all mankind.”
Source : Theodor Herzl, Ludwig Lewisohn (1955). “Theodor Herzl: a portrait for this age”
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“I think that there's been an unfortunate tendency for right wing think tanks to dominate these discussions. They often produce very shoddy studies and policy recommendations, which are nevertheless taken very seriously.”
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“I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears.”
Source : James Herriot (2011). “Every Living Thing”, p.7, Open Road Media