"We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the contrary, they are adults and the have the perfect alibi: philosophy, which can be used for any purpose - even for transforming murderers into judges."

-- Albert Camus

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“I'm generally not a social dramatist or comedy writer. My interests have always been more in psychological stories or personal relations and comic ideas.”
“At what point, 2,000 years on from the life of Jesus, do we need a refresher course? Another 2,000 years? Imagine 100,000 yearsâ€™ time â€“ would the story of Mosesâ€™ burning bush amaze a generation laden with unimaginable scientific and technological wonders? Here lies religionâ€™s biggest quandary. While science is squeezing the life out of God, how is religion going to muster a counterattack from here?”
“Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.”

Source : "Speeches of Adlai Ewing Stevenson", (p. 99), 1952.
“I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.”
“To learn something, to master something, anything, is as sweet as first love.”

Source : Geoffrey Wolff (2013). “A Day at the Beach: Recollections”, p.5, Vintage
“The feeling that someone owes us something, the pain for the harm that others caused us, etc., stops the inner progress of the soul.”
“We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents.”
“I've found from years of trial that the only way I can work is to make sketches in pencil from Nature, purely as reference material for future use in the studio.”

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