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“There is a sense that everything should be easy, but easy decisions are the ones we should be scared of because if they're easy then we're probably being sold something. This is why I'm worried about "nudge" - it's pushing people in the direction of what you think they should be doing. Easy decisions are dangerous ones.”
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“Now, it is well known, that a man may with more impunity be guilty of an actual breach either of real good breeding or of good morals, than appear ignorant of the most minute point of fashionable etiquette.”
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“Obviously this prison has been controversial ever since the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo more than 14 years ago.”
Source : "Obama Proposes Plan To Close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center". "All Things Considered" with David Welna, www.npr.org. February 23, 2016.
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“Vancouver is the most wonderful place. I put it up there with San Francisco and Sydney as a kind of magic sort of harbor city.”
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“How did the hearing go?†she asked. “We won, sort of,†Kaldar said. “We die at dawn.†“The court gave the Sheeriles twenty-four hours,†William corrected. “Yes, but ‘we die at dawn the day after tomorrow’ doesn’t sound nearly as dramatic.†“Does it have to be dramatic all the time?†Catherine murmured. “Of course. Everyone has a talent. Yours is crocheting and mine is making melodramatic statements.”
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“Look at Neil Diamond. Was he the cool guy? No, he was the housewives' guy. He didn't try to be what he wasn't. He just did what he did - made great music, was a good entertainer, nice-enough guy.”
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“We will look upon the earth and her sister planets as being with us, not for us.”
Source : Mary Daly (1973). “Beyond God the Father: toward a philosophy of women's liberation”, Beacon Press (MA)
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“Most people found out about Slint in the mid or late 90s, but we were an '80s band. We started in 1986 and broke up at the end of 1990.”
Source : Source: pitchfork.com