"If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity."

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Source : Nelson DeMille (1978). “By the rivers of Babylon: a novel”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Nelson DeMille

#Real Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed.”
“Um, accidents happen. Especially if there's a co-star that you're not that fond of - you might 'accidentally' deck him. But no, I'm a professional. I'm just saying that can happen.”
“A science is something which is constructed from truth on workable axioms. There are 55 axioms in scientology which are very demonstrably true, and on these can be constructed a great deal.”
“How beautiful the world was when one looked at it, without searching... just looked, simply and innocently.”
“Peace in patriarchy is war against women.”

Source : Maria Mies (1998). “Patriarchy and Accumulation On A World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour”, p.26, Palgrave Macmillan
“The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth?”
“I feel that the power that storytelling has to change people, to bring them together, to have that cathartic sort of experience, is something that definitely has helped my life be worthwhile and better.”
“I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.”

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