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“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.”
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“The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.”
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“Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward.”
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“To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of hope to deliver. For the West, I do not feel hatred. At most I feel a great contempt. I know only that every single one of us reeks of selfishness, masochism and death. We have created a system in which it has simply become impossible to live, and what's more, we continue to export it.”
Source : Michel Houellebecq (2003). “Platform: A Novel”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
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“The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest.”
Source : Dean Acheson (1967). “Private thoughts on public affairs: a citizen looks at Congress, and a Democrat looks at his party”
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“Learn the past, watch the present, and create the future.”
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“He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. "You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.”
Source : John Boyne (2016). “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”, p.329, Random House
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“Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.”
