"Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them."

-- Giacomo Casanova

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“For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command.”
“I love taking you inside a world that you're not apart of and showing how actually works.”
“I had in mind a long career.”
“Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it's just basically another word for equality.”
“Man is more than half of nature's treasure.”

Source : Hartley Coleridge (1851). “Poems”, p.5
“Some people seem to believe that for each problem there is a solution readily available - a solution that can be promptly achieved by passing a law and voting some money. I think of this as the vending machine concept of social change. Put a coin in the machine and out comes a piece of candy. If there is a social problem, pass a law and out comes a solution.”
“I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless.”
“I see people with Asperger's syndrome as a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life.”

Source : Tony Attwood (2006). “The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome”, p.345, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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