"You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are."

-- Sidney Poitier

“Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.”

Source : Kate Millett (2016). “Sexual Politics”, p.55, Columbia University Press
“Perhaps to restore human freedom we should deny determinism ?”

Source : Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.60, Oxford University Press
“There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.”
“Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time.”

Source : Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman (2014). “First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently”, p.170, Simon and Schuster
“I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers.”

Source : "The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plains Indian". Book by Ralph K. Andrist (p. 258), 2001.
“He was always striving to attain it. The life that was so swiftly expanding within him, urged him continually toward the wall of light. The life that was within him knew that it was the one way out, the way he was predestined to tread.”
“Human beings never think for themselves... For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity... We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.”

Source : "The Lost World". Book by Michael Crichton, 1995.
“President Obama signed a bill preventing members of Congress from profiting from insider trading. Didn't you think that was already illegal?”

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