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“The mediocrity with which Africa has been ruled is responsible for its underdevelopment.”
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“I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.”
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“Fantasy and anger totally destroy the human body. Tolerance is the greatest human asset.”
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“In the moral world there is nothing impossible if we can bring a thorough will to it. Man can do everything with himself, but he must not attempt to do too much with others.”
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“I want the state to take away people's guns. But I don't want the state to use methods against gun owners that I deplore when used against naughty children, sexual minorities, drug users, and unsightly drinkers. Since such reprehensible police practices are probably needed to make anti-gun laws effective, my proposal to ban all guns should probably be marked a failure before it is even tried.”
Source : Aryeh Neier (1976). “Crime and Punishment: A Radical Solution”
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“Live your life the way you want. You'll figure it out.”
Source : John Grisham’s graduation speech at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2010.
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“The only option to avoid war is the departure of the number one warmonger in the world US President George W Bush. His policy has brought disaster to the United States. This crazy man should go and also his subject, disciple and follower UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.”
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“The eternal challenge for screenwriter adapters is figuring out how to make something work on screen, when so much of what made it work in the book were the thoughts of the character, and obviously wanting to avoid voiceover.”
Source : "The Surprising Connection Between Game of Thrones and Monty Python". Interview with Jim Windolf, www.vanityfair.com. March 24, 2014.