"When has there ever been a government in German history that came to the people and revealed its detailed plans for the coming years? That could not happen before, since German governments planned war and conquest."

-- Walter Ulbricht

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“There is a tendency at every important but difficult crossroad to pretend that it's not really there.”
“Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.”
“Once Playboy came to me, all the preachers ran. I needed to pose in Playboy to make money.”
“I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss.”
“I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working in any sense is to be privileged.”

Source : Source: www.hbook.com
“Our universities advocate fragmentation in their course systems.”
“Do you need to train two hours a day? Probably not. The reason why my celebrity clients have to train two hours a day is because their endurance level is so strong. For Madonna to get results and keep results, it's like a professional athlete training - she has to push harder.”

Source : "Teeny, tiny body, anyone?". www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2009.
“Sweetness is the opposite of machismo, which is everywhere-and I really don't get on with machismo. I'm interested in sensitivity, and weakness, and fear, and anxiety, because I think that, at the end of the day, behind our masks, that's what we are.”

Source : "Alain de Botton's Healing Arts" by Joshua Rothman, www.newyorker.com. November 19, 2013.

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