"Group interaction tends to amplify people's initial inclinations"

-- David Myers

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“Slave camps under the flag of freedom, massacres justified by philanthropy or the taste of the superhuman, cripple judgment. On the day when crime puts on the apparel of innocence, through a curious reversal peculiar to our age, it is innocence that is called on to justify itself. The purpose of this essay is to accept and study that strange challenge.”
“A society which makes provision for participation in its good of all its members on equal terms and which secures flexible readjustment of its institutions through interaction of the different forms of associated life is in so far democratic. Such a society must have a type of education which gives individuals a personal interest in social relationships and control, and the habits of mind which secure social changes without introducing disorder.”
“Freedom is a muscle...you have to exercise it.”
“For 3 million you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we could dig a hole so deep we could hand her over to Satan in person (on Margaret Thatcher)”

Source : TV Series "Mock the Week", (2005- ).
“I know everyone is busy in life and for them to take out the time to still think about me and send me a card or a letter, that really meant the world to me. I'm grateful for that.”

Source : "What It Was Like For Teresa Giudice to Watch Her Release From Prison on The Real Housewives of New Jersey". Interview with Maggie Panos, www.popsugar.com. July 10, 2016.
“I find I like it too much.”
“Rowing is an absurdly simple sport. I can easily guide a beginner throught the right technical motions. The difficulty arises when the beginner attempts to repeat those motions on a bumpy race course, at 40 strokes a minute, with his heart rate zooming, and an opponent charging up his stern.”
“Carbon trading engages finance directors. It takes the issue of energy efficiency right to the top of the company.”

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