"All men are born free: just not for long."

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John le Carre

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“A moral rule is essentially 'advantage-reducing.' It prohibits you doing something you could do that would serve your interests at someone else's expense.”
“We have somehow deluded ourselves into thinking that wealth is wisdom”

Source : "This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time" by Harry Leslie Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2013.
“Anything else you're interested in is not going to happen if you can't breathe the air and drink the water. Don't sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet.”
“Donkey Kong Country proves that players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good.”
“Those who depend fully on another personâ€™s knowledge to decide what is possible are easily manipulated. The most effective leaders utilize experts from all fields, but rely on none when it comes to making a decision.”

Source : Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing Trilogy”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“the feet should have more of the acquaintance of earth, and know more of flowers, freshness, cool brooks, wild thyme, and salt sand than does anything else about us. ... It is only the entirely unshod that have lively feet.”

Source : Alice Meynell (2013). “The Essential Alice Meynell Collection”, p.451, eBookIt.com
“Curious, isn't it that "talking with the right people" means something so different from "talking with the right person"?”
“I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.”

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