"I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively."

-- Angela Davis

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“Instead of the metaphor of scales in balance, I prefer the idea of a jazz quartet: you're trying to make music that feels and sounds good, and sometimes you only hear the trumpet or just the bass and piano. Sometimes all four are playing at the same time, but perhaps at different volume.”
“To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.”
“To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.”
“Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.”

Source : Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.390, Penguin
“We all owe death a life.”
“My sister might be dumb, but that doesn't make her all that different from the rest of us. She's just like any other American. Except she's Canadian. And retarded.”
“The sacred writings excepted, no Greek has been so much read and so variously translated as Euclid.”
“Roughly 21,000 new brands are introduced worldwide per year, yet history tells us that more than 90% of them are gone from the shelf a year later.”

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