"If you are not a thinking man, to what purpose are you a man at all?."

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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“They were close enough that he could feel the hurried beat of her heart. He could feel Charlotte's indecision in every word she didn't say and every move she didn't make. She was tense with uncertainty, quivering with irresolution. She might not be leaning into him, but she wasn't pulling away, either.”
“From one point of view we can say that we have human bodies and are practicing the Buddha's teachings and are thus much better than insects. But we can also say that insects are innocent and free from guile, where as we often lie and misrepresent ourselves in devious ways in order to achieve our ends or better ourselves. From this perspective, we are much worse than insects.”
“Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what came before it.”
“How can it not be right when it's done with love?”
“I love the action stuff. Honestly, I like sci-fi and everything supernatural.”

Source : "Meaghan Rath Exclusive Interview BEING HUMAN". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 14, 2011.
“The rich did not care who ruled, as long as they were allowed to be rich. The poor could not afford to care and nobody asked their opinion in any case. Only the middle class mattered and any half-witted ruler knows how to pamper them.”

Source : Anand Neelakantan (2012). “ASURA: Tale of the Vanquished”, p.73, LEADSTART PUBLISHING PVT LTD
“Kartik places a sovereign in the lady's cup, and I know that it's likely all he has. "Why did you do that?" I ask. He kicks a rock on the ground, balancing it nimbly between his feet like a ball. "She needed it." Father says it isn't good to give money to beggers. They'll only spend it unwisely on drink or other pleasures. "She might buy ale with it." He shrugs. "Then she'll have ale. It isn't the pound that matters; it's the hope...I know what it's like to fight for things that others take for granted.”
“There is no clear, commanding body of evidence that students' sustained use of multimedia machines, the Internet, word processing, spreadsheets and other popular applications has any impact on academic achievement.'”

Source : "Kids Need To Explore Real World" by Henry Norr, www.sfgate.com. September 18, 2000.

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