"That no one, no one at all, should try to search into himself! But the wallet of the person in front is carefully kept in view. [Lat., Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere, nemo! Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo.]"

-- Aulus Persius Flaccus

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“I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.”
“It was never a deliberate decision to make films about the 'woman experience'. Having said that, we are all many things - for example I'm Igbo and Nigerian, a director, a filmmaker etc., but I feel what affects me the most, especially the way people/society view or treat me, is the fact that I'm a woman, and I'm fascinated by that.”

Source : "Chika Anadu On Her Debut ‘B for Boy,’ Transitioning To Film, Telling ‘Women’s Stories,’ More". Interview with MsWOO, www.indiewire.com. October 29, 2013.
“Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security and prestige it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege.”
“Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.”

Source : "Quote, Unquote". Book by Jonathan Williams, p. 136, 1989.
“Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty.”
“Capital investment in fixed assets that produce real goods is the actual driver of long term economic growth, and until slick financiers hijacked the country with 'new economy' mumbo-jumbo based on computer models and hype most Americans understood this.”
“Marriage wrecks any decent relationship.”

Source : Susan Straight (2013). “Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights: A Novel”, p.29, Open Road Media
“Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers

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