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“Every human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst.”
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“Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.”
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“We tolerate differences of opinion in people who are familiar to us. But differences of opinion in people we do not know sound like heresy or plots.”
Source : Brooks Atkinson (1951). “Once around the sun”
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“If not me- who?, If not now- when?”
Source : United Nations Address on Gender Equality, delivered 20 September 2014
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“There is nothing more effectual in showing us the weakness of any habitual fallacy or assumption than to hear it sympathetically through the ears, as it were, of a skeptic.”
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“I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.”
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“Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath.”
Source : "Leaving Mitford: Jan Karon on Life and Writing". Interview with Belinda Elliott, www.cbn.com.
