"Ethics is a detergent word, used time and time again to clean consciences without scrubbing."

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Source : Corinne Maier (2007). “Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay”, p.33, Vintage

Corinne Maier

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“Wouldn't it be nice if all the people who are lonesome could live in one big dormitory, sleep in beds next to each other, talk, laugh, and keep the lights on as long as they want to?”
“Algeria is not breaking up.”
“As soon as you're willing to humble yourself and say, God, please help - then you can find out that His strength really is perfect, that He really does care for you, that He does really want to meet your need.”

Source : "Song: "Family Talk" ("The Live Adventure")". 1993.
“Our business is with life, not death.”
“The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow them.”

Source : Diane Johnson (1982). “Terrorists and novelists”, Alfred A. Knopf
“A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.”
“I've learned so much from my mistakes... I'm thinking of making some more.”
“When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview With Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2010.

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