"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."

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Source : J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.152, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

J. R. R. Tolkien

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“Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation,”
“One reason that a truth and reconciliation process is needed for group selection is to return to the simplicity of the original problem and Darwin's solution. As Ed Wilson and I put it in our recent review article titled â€œRethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiologyâ€: Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.”

Source : "Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection II: The Original Problem" by David Sloan Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 1, 2009.
“I don't think you can get any more working class than me. Everyone seems posh to me.”

Source : "Question Time". Interview With Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2009.
“I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.”

Source : Virginia Satir (1988). “The new peoplemaking”, Science & Behavior Books
“When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.”
“If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.”

Source : "A Q&A with Tom Brady". Interview with Jimmy Tarina, www.si.com. June 21, 2012.
“If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and what they're chasing.”

Source : "Felicia Day on why she loves The Last Of Us and BioShock Infinite". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. August 2, 2013.
“Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.”

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