"Much more should have been achieved by a Labour Government in office and Labour pressure in opposition. Against the dogged resistance to change, we should have pitted a stronger will to change. I conclude that a move to the Left is needed."

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Source : Anthony Crosland (1974). “Socialism now and other essays”, Jonathan Cape

Anthony Crosland

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“I'd trapped myself in a script.... But to be scripted at all is to be prepackaged, programmed, pinned to a page. Only the unwritten can truly live a life. So who I was, what I was, had to be unwritten.”
“In my world, the wronger something feels, the righter it is,”
“These soldiers had done what they had done, and been done unto in return. This was how it went. In the cycle of slaughter, reprisal begat reprisal, forever.”
“It's easy to make money. You put up the sign Bank and someone walks in and hands you his money. The faÃ§ade is everything.”
“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”

Source : Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1078, Simon and Schuster
“Faith in Jesus must be personal but it cannot be private.”
“...As the great Confucius said, "The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change." Flow. But we keep looking back, don't we? We cling to things in the past and cling to things in the present...Do you want to enjoy a symphony? Don't hold on to a few bars of the music. Don't hold on to a couple of notes. Let them pass, let them flow. The whole enjoyment of a symphony lies in your readiness to allow the notes to pass...”
“Early readers assumed the Book of Mormon people ranged up and down North and South America from upstate New York to Chili. A close reading of the text reveals it cannot sustain such an expansive geography.”

Source : Richard Lyman Bushman (2007). “Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling”, p.93, Vintage

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