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Aneurin Bevan

"I know that the right kind of leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine who must not in any way permit himself to be swayed by indignation. If he sees suffering, privation or injustice he must not allow it to move him, for that would be evidence of the lack of proper education or of absence of self-control. He must speak in calm and objective accents and talk about a dying child in the same way as he would about the pieces inside an internal combustion engine."

-- Aneurin Bevan

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“To distract myself from thoughts of my father, i decided to check out the dead body.”
“[Christianity] existed and flourishes, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them.”
“The Buddhists say there are 121 states of consciousness. Of these, only three involve misery or suffering. Most of us spend our time moving back and forth between these three.”

Source : Jenny Offill (2014). “Dept. of Speculation”, p.13, Vintage
“I've always wanted to race cars, ever since I was a young boy, as I think a lot of guys have.”
“I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas.”
“We all have a cross to carry. I have to carry my own cross. If we don't carry our crosses, we are going to be crushed under the weight of it.”

Source : "Jim Caviezel Talks About Playing Christ in 'The Passion'". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.
“There was more data transmitted over the Internet in 2010 than the entire history of the Internet through 2009.”
“If you're talking about mugging little old ladies, you don't say, 'What's our target for the rate of mugging little old ladies?' You say, 'Mugging little old ladies is bad, and we're going to try to eliminate it.' You recognize you might not be a hundred percent successful, but your goal is to eliminate the mugging of little old ladies. And I think we need to eventually come around to looking at carbon dioxide emissions the same way.”

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