"There must be a balance of honesty and charity in the workshop. Everyone must be aware of a fellow human being behind the work being discussed, and criticism has to be useful, not just derogatory or laudatory."

-- Hilma Wolitzer

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“In many cases, jobs that used to be done by people are going to be able to be done through automation. I don't have an answer to that. That's one of the more perplexing problems of society.”

Source : "Former Apple CEO John Sculley: the future of our health is in the cloud". Interview With Charles Arthur, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2012.
“A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal.”

Source : Abba Eban (1969). “My people: the story of the Jews”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
“You just can't live that negative way. You know what I mean. Make way for the positive day. Cause it's a new day...”
“I'm always going to want to be part of music. But who's to say? This whole thing for me in the first place just kind of happened without trying. I think about things like acting and all that, but I'm not going to force it on myself. I'm kind of shy, believe it or not.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance.”

Source : "With Grenfell Tower, we've seen what 'ripping up red tape' really looks like" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2017.
“Forgotten is forgiven.”
“From the industry's point of view, the problem is not that coal companies blast the top off mountains, turning the area into a moonscape and polluting the air and releasing toxic chemical into what's left of the local streams and aquifers. It's that the people who live near the mines are too cozy with their cousins.”
“Grace is the understanding that God is a better savior than you are a sinner.”

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