"What astonishes many of us is not so much that human nature is fundamentally corrupt; we are astonished rather that it does not behave more wickedly than it obviously does."

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Source : Morton Irving Seiden (1968). “The paradox of hate: a study in ritual murder”

Morton Irving Seiden

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“All that may be wished for, will by nature fade to nothing.”
“I had a TV set and a typewriter and that made me think a computer should be laid out like a typewriter with a video screen.”
“I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.”
“Well the appeals happening because we believe the certification process uh, hasn't worked out the way it should, that there hasn't been substantial evidence to support their certification.”
“God, I'm glad I'm not me.”
“The Heart is a lonely hunter with only one desire! To find some lasting comfort in the arms of anothers fire...driven by a desperate hunger to the arms of a neon light, the heart is a lonely hunter when there's no sign of love in sight!”
“The best assurance the role of minorities can be given is that they will not be viewed as minorities but as citizens.”
“I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.”

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