"The Auschwitz praxis was based on a new principle: for one portion of mankind, existence itself is a crime, punishable by humiliation, torture, and death. And the new world produced by this praxis included two kinds of inhabitants, those who were given the "punishment" and those who administered it."

-- Emil Fackenheim

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“An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.”
“One of the most frightening things, I think, is the capacity for retroactive searching, so you can go back in time and trace who someone is in contact with and where they've been.”
“The more sensible a woman is, supposing her not to be masculine, the more attractive she is in her proportionate power to entertain.”

Source : Leigh Hunt (1840). “The Seer: Or, Common-places Refreshed”, p.73
“I wanted to be a fifth grade teacher because my teacher was so important to me and was giving me the education that was going to take me through life and through this world.”
“To me, the psychology behind the character is critical. So I work very hard to get into the mind of the man that I'm going to be playing, because number one, I want to understand why he's doing what he's doing. It's essential, it's absolutely essential.”

Source : Interview with Eric Goldman, www.ign.com. March 24, 2006.
“Like a glimpse of eternity instantly forgotten. She is gone.”

Source : Laura Whitcomb (2005). “A Certain Slant of Light”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter.”
“I was born to be a leader. I love the fact that millions of people look up to me.”

Source : Erich Fromm (2014). “The Erich Fromm Reader: Readings Selected and Edited by Rainer Funk”, p.74, Open Road Media

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