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“[M]odern society is indeed often, at least in surface appearance, nothing but a collection of strangers, each pursuing his or her own interests under minimal constraints.”
Source : Alasdair MacIntyre (2013). “After Virtue”, p.290, A&C Black
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“I don't begin a novel or a screenplay until I know the ending. And I don't mean only that I have to know what happens. I mean that I have to hear the actual sentences. I have to know what atmosphere the words convey.”
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“I've never thought of the Olympics as a political statement. I really think a boycott ... is in the wrong as far as the athletes are concerned.”
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“When England was a kingdom, we had a king. When we were an empire, we had an emperor. Now we're a country, and we have Margaret Thatcher.”
Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
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“Endure the present, and watch for better things.”
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“TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.”
Source : "Fred Friendly's Faith In The Constitution" by Nat Hentoff, www.washingtonpost.com. March 14, 1998.
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“The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realize because the number of potential wild cards is so great.”
Source : "Futurewise". Book by David Perkins, 1998.
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“I don't have to be walking around like some peasant. I'm royalty!”