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Johann Hari

"The opposite of addiction is human connection. And I think that has massive implications for the war on drugs. The treatment of drug addicts almost everywhere in the world is much closer to Tent City than it is to anything in Portugal. Our laws are built around the belief that drug addicts need to be punished to stop them. But if pain and trauma and isolation cause addiction, then inflicting more pain and trauma and isolation is not going to solve that addiction. Itâ€™s actually going to deepen it."

Source : "Johann Hari: 'I failed badly. When you harm people, you should shut up, go away and reflect on what happened'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2015.

Johann Hari

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“Black is the most slimming of all Colors. It is the most flattering. You can wear black at any Time. You can wear it at any age. You can wear it for almost any occasion. I could write a book about black.”
“I used to think that each phase of life was the end. But now that my view on life is more or less fixed, I believe that change is a great thing. In fact, it's the only real absolute in the world.”

Source : "Philip Johnson: What I've Learned". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. February 1999.
“Obama and his allies are promoting a medical system that is the third leading cause of death in America. It's that stark and it's that simple.”
“Of course I loved books more than people. Of course I valued "Jane Eyre" over the anonymous stranger...Of course all of Shakespeare was worth more than a human life.”
“Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening hour when we got on a high stool to reach down an untried volume, or sat with parted lips listening to a new talker, or for very lack of books began to listen to the voices within, as the first traceable beginning of our love.”
“When playing against big teams, it's the small details that count.”
“To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh.”

Source : "Heresies and Other Truths". townhall.com. November 19, 2008.
“Fish deserve to be caught for they are lazy. Two million years of evolution and they still haven't got out of the water.”

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