"The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities."

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Source : Anthony Burgess (2011). “A Clockwork Orange”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

Anthony Burgess

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“More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.”
“I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, I can expect half-hearted results. Most people get it the honest way by setting their goals and committing themselves to achieving their goals. That's the only way I did it anyway. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
“[On her writing agenda:] Make the familiar exotic; the exotic familiar.”
“I think students should know something about religion as a historical phenomenon, in the same way that they should know something about socialism and humanism and the other great ideas that have shaped political philosophies and therefore the course of human events.”
“Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship.”
“I think God rarely gives to one man, or one set of men, more than one great moral victory to win.”
“When someone who is known for being comedic does something straight, it's always "a big breakthrough" or a "radical departure." Why is is no one ever says that if a straight actor does comedy? Are they presuming comedy is easier?”
“Every great culture has cared a lot, one way or another, about the fate of its girls.”

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