"If a blending of individualism and of cooperative participation is a prerequisite to a democratic solution of the problems of a society of free men, it must also be noted that an atmosphere of freedom is required if these problems are to be met constructively and as they arise."

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Source : Marshall Field (1945). “Freedom is More Than a Word”

Marshall Field

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“I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.”

Source : John Gierach (2010). “At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman”, p.147, Simon and Schuster
“liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologues, black nationalists, or mainstream white media. We have to accent liberty and freedom of expression and thought in all their forms.”
“I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But the whole thing was quite sore; it really hurt me trying to get into drama school. It was a world I knew nothing about - it was very middle class; all that usual stuff. But I was young, determined, and I just went for it.”
“The French have never produced a great philosopher. Great wine maybe, but no great philosophers.”
“If the semicolon is one of the neglected children in the family of punctuation marks these days, told to stay in its room and entertain itself, because mummy and daddy are busy, the apostrophe is the abused victim.”

Source : "The end of the line?" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2008.
“I'm staunch. If you are lucky enough to be able to play for your country, it seems to make you even prouder of your roots and origins, and to me that's Wellington.”

Source : "The Wellingtonian interview: Murray Mexted". Interview with Joseph Romanos, www.stuff.co.nz. July 1, 2009.
“Itâ€™s my brain. I know exactly what I have to do, but if Iâ€™m not using my brain, Iâ€™m not doing the things my coach is telling me.”
“It is better to have a little than nothing.”

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