"A free society is as much a threat to the intellectual's sense of worth as an automated economy is to the workingman's sense of worth. Any social order that can function with a minimum of leadership will be anathema to the intellectual."

-- Eric Hoffer

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“Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity.”
“Yoga is just good for you.”
“Some things I can never forget. I must not. Otherwise what do I have left?”

Source : Rosie Thomas (2016). “Iris and Ruby: A Novel”, p.7, The Overlook Press
“Forget what you are supposed to do, do what you want to do.”
“true weanedness from the world don't consist in being beat off from the world by the affliction of it, but a being drawn off by the sight of something better.”
“We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.”
“I'm happy with the people that I have around me. And they've been friends of mine since I was young, for a very long time.”
“This must be a real horrorshow film if you're so keen on my viddying it.”

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