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“The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.”
“I am absolutely convinced that my life was redeemed by poetry.”
“Given that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority ... a century of Fascism. For if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the State.”
“I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.”
“I tell the truth: your enemy is also your friend-his presence makes your life fuller and richer.”
“The barrier has begun to yield.”

Source : John Herschel (2014). “Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews”, p.550, Cambridge University Press
“There are so many great comedies, right now. I like how comedies are really mixing. They're not just one thing. It can be very moving and dramatic, and yet hilarious.”
“It's very confusing to me why people take comedians so seriously.”

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