"If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations."

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Source : Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry (2003). “Infinite Tropics: An Alfred Russel Wallace Anthology”, p.147, Verso

Alfred Russel Wallace

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“Religions have become a hindrance, rather than a help, to our shared pursuit of peace and progress. They tend to make us meaner rather than better human beings, less sensitive to the demands of justice, compassion and fellow humanity in our times.”

Source : Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.
“Understand from top to bottom what the effort requires.”
“I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.”
“Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?”
“Don't let the fact that you're spending time getting organized result in late fees on your credit card bills.”
“All that's different about me is that I still ask the questions most people stopped asking at age five.”
“I guess I have no motivation to make an abstract painting, even if they sometimes read as abstract. I think, with abstraction, it's easy to fall into a sort of pastiche.”

Source : Interview With Laura Hoptman, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 15, 2013.
“There's things I know I'm good at, and those things interest me less and less. I learn a lot more from doing it wrong than I do from doing it right.”

Source : "The Best-Laid Plans Of Michael Ian Black". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 27, 2012.

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