"Properly understood, then, the desire to act justly derives in part from the desire to express most fully what we are or can be, namely free and equal rational beings with the liberty to choose."

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Source : John Rawls (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.225, Harvard University Press

John Rawls

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“I'm making music for the people. If y'all love the music, y'all gonna buy the music.”
“I wish that people had an opportunity to watch me 24/7, like on 'Big Brother.' You'd see a person who is quiet and reserved and very analytical - a huge observer.”
“Baroque civilization believed in two truths, which for a post-18th-century mindset are exclusive truths - we have to eliminate one to believe the other. They believed in the rational exploration of the universe, and they also believed that there was a hidden spiritual truth. Baroque thinkers were able to live the two at the same time. In any case, for me, it's necessary to live that way also.”

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“Everything that happens-good and bad-should motivate you to be persistent.”

Source : Jim Tressel (2010). “The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life”, p.136, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?”
“Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear-the earth remains, slightly modified. The earth remains, and the heartbreaking beauty where there are no hearts to break....I sometimes choose to think, no doubt perversely, that man is a dream, thought an illusion, and only rock is real. Rock and sun.”
“I've made it a policy to move every five years, either physically or in my research.”
“The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.”

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