"At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men"

-- Paul Collier

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“Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.”
“The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. The commonplace person begins to play, and shoots into the empyrean without effort, whilst we look up, marvelling how he has escaped us, and thinking how we could worship him and love him, would he but translate his visions into human words, and his experiences into human actions. Perhaps he cannot; certainly he does not, or does so very seldom.”
“I will not insult you by trying to tell you that one day you will forget. I know as well as you that you will not. But, at least, in time you will not remember as fiercely as you do now - and I pray that that time may be soon.”

Source : Terence Rattigan (1977). “The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan: The sleeping prince. Separate tables. Variation on a theme. Ross. Heart to heart”
“Ethically and politically it is important to face up to the need for a universal perspective in our divided, multi-cultural, unequal and unjust world.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.”
“So you're mother? Nice to put a name to a face.”

Source : "Michael McIntyre" by Brian Logan, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2007.
“My art career actually began under the kitchen table. My mother wanted to get me out of her hair while she cooked, so she laid out some paper and pencils on the floor under the kitchen table.”
“I love to run smart essays and commentary. But it doesn't replace the other kind of reporting”

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