"The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information."

-- Serge Schmemann

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“It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.”
“So, babies are taken from their mothers because they get temporarily insane and it's not the mother's fault. This is the thing: they shouldn't feel ashamed. They didn't cause this. It is not something they did to themselves.”
“I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension provisions, and to talk to the responsible ministers in each country about the political "whys" of their legislation.”

Source : Judy LaMarsh (1969). “Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage”, Toronto ; Montreal : McClelland and Stewart
“No one ever lost out by excessive devotion to Christ.”
“It's an old axiom of mine: marry your enemies and behead your friends.”
“Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything that separates you from yourself and leads you more towards this character's existence is a big help.”
“The English are very proud of their Parliament, and week in, week out, century after century, they have pretty good cause to be.”
“Liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.”

Source : 1956 'Brave New World Revisited', in Esquire.

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