"A man must be of a very quiet and happy nature, who can long endure the country; and, moreover, very well contented with his own insignificant person."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“I don't care about politicians.”
“Performance enhancing drugs are banned in the Olympics. OK, we can swing with that. But performance 'debilitating' drugs should not be banned. Smoke a joint and win the 100 metres, fair play for you. That's pretty good. Unless someone's dangling a Mars bar off in the distance.”
“Before I die, I want to be somebodyâ€™s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.”

Source : Andrea Gibson (2018). “Take Me With You”, p.64, Penguin
“One day I heard a speech of Hitler. In this speech he said that the German factory worker and the German labourer must make common cause with the German intellectual worker.”
“I'm passionate about gay rights, but I think we need admit that there are some gay wrongs as well.”
“I wish there were shortcuts to wisdom and self-knowledge: cuter abysses or three-day spa wilderness experiences. Sadly, it doesn't work that way. I so resent this.”
“So if the dance is five minutes long, make yourself run for perhaps eight minutes. That way, you over-train and the dance will seem easier...”
“Let me tell you something: for hundreds of thousands of years, this kind of discussion would have been impossible to have, or those like us would have been having it at the risk of our lives. Religion now comes to us in this smiley-face, ingratiating way â€” because itâ€™s had to give so much more ground and because we know so much more. But youâ€™ve got no right to forget the way it behaved when it was strong, and when it really did believe that it had God on its side.”

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