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“In the end, democratic societies are stronger and more resilient than any autocracy. And more adaptable too.”
Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
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“blue bead on the wick, there's that in me that burns and chills, blackening my heart with its soot, I think sometimes not Apollo heard me but a different god.”
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“I got so passionate about technology. Hacking to me was like a video game. It was about getting trophies. I just kept going on and on, despite all the trouble I was getting into, because I was hooked.”
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“Since the Greeks the predominant attitude of thinkers towards intellectual activity was to glorify it insofar as (like aesthetic activity) it finds its satisfaction in itself, apart from any attention to the advantages it may procure. Most thinkers would have agreed with ... Renan's verdict that the man who loves science for its fruits commits the worst of blasphemies against that divinity. ... The modern clercs have violently torn up this charter. They proclaim the intellectual functions are only respectable to the extent that they are bound up with the pursuit of concrete advantage.”
Source : "Treason of the Intellectuals". Book by Julien Benda, pp. 151-152, 1927.
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“It's wonderful for me to see what 'We Will Rock You' has done. 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions' have kind of transcended the normal framework of where music is listened to and appreciated - they've become part of public life, which I feel wonderful about.”
Source : "Queen's Brian May Rocks Out To Physics, Photography". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 3, 2010. 
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“We aren't protecting the people who most need it when those who can contribute to the country's success emigrate. Contrary to what some claim, I am not getting rid of the wealth tax to help the rich.”
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“Stay Weird, Stay Different.”
Source : "‘Imitation Game’ Screenwriter Graham Moore’s Heartfelt Oscar Speech Almost Didn’t Happen". variety.com. February 23, 2015.
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“I have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to do.”
