"Having more and newer things each year has become not just something we want but something we need. The idea of more, of ever increasing wealth, has become the center of our identity and our security, and we are caught up by it as the addict by his drugs."

-- Paul L Wachtel

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“It depends on how you define the word "racialist." If you mean being conscious of the differences between men and nations, and from that, races, then we are all racialists. However, if you mean a man who despises a human being because he belongs to another race, or a man who believes that one race is inherently superior to another, then the answer is emphatically "No.”

Source : "Like the Roman. The Life of Enoch Powell" by Simon Heffer, (p. 504), 1999.
“I'm incredibly proud of everything that we've achieved in Busted. We've enjoyed some of the best times in our lives together.”

Source : "Busted bust up". www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2005.
“The experience of happiness is a direct means of replenishing life energy and revitalizing the mind.”
“Looking to the material world for the satisfaction of our inner needs is the source of much fear. All fear is, in essence, fear of the future. We are afraid of things that have not yet happened, but which if they did might bring us pain, suffering, or some other discomfort - or stand in the way of some future contentment. And we are afraid that circumstances that are already causing us displeasure may continue in the future.”
“Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.”

Source : "Interview: Michael Morpurgo, Running Wild". Interview With Lisa Bower, www.altblackpool.co.uk. February 27, 2017.
“Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.”
“You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep.”
“Most companies target women as end users, but few are effectively utilizing female employees when it comes to innovating for female consumers. When women are empowered in the design and innovation process, the likelihood of success in the marketplace improves by 144%!”

Source : "Sports: By Women and For Women" by Indra Nooyi, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 13, 2013.

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