"Here is a humanist proposition for the age of Google: The processing of information is not the highest aim to which the human spirit can aspire, and neither is competitiveness in a global economy. The character of our society cannot be determined by engineers."

-- Leon Wieseltier

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“My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.”

Source : Speech to French Chamber of Deputies, 8 Mar. 1918
“Because you don't belong with him! I tried to tell you that, but you wouldn't listen, and I thought if you understood that he'd be better off without you, you'd break up with him for his own good. So I...exaggerated how easy it'd be for him to get over you, with Sabine there to step in. But I underestimated how incredibly stubborn you are" "I prefer to think of it as dedication..." I mumbled.”
“Never let a domestic quarrel ruin a day's writing. If you can't start the day fresh, get rid of your wife.”
“I donâ€™t see the problem with footballers taking their shirts off after scoring a goal? They enjoy it and the young ladies enjoy it too. I supposeÂ that's one of the main reasons women come to football games, to see the young men take their shirts off. Of course theyâ€™d have to go and watch another game because my lads are as ugly as sin.”
“The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.”
“Nothing in the world is difficult, it is only our own thoughts that make things seem so.”
“Thinking is the problem. Thinking is hazardous to your progress in life. Don't think - feel.”
“When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.”

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