"I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out."

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Leslie Charteris

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“I am a God-fearing man. In fact, I don't go to church because I'm afraid I'll run into him there.”
“No one can define or measure justice, democracy, security, freedom, truth, or love. No one can define or measure any value. But if no one speaks up for them, if systems arenâ€™t designed to produce them, if we donâ€™t speak about them and point toward their presence or absence, they will cease to exist.”

Source : Donella Meadows (2008). “Thinking in Systems: A Primer”, p.177, Chelsea Green Publishing
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

Source : "Words of Wisdom to Live By". Book by Alfred Armand Montapert, 1986.
“Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief.”
“We spend more time at cinemas, theaters, art galleries and theme parks than we do at churches, and they have become our new cathedrals. We can spend hours at any of these places of entertainment but if church service goes on too long we get impatient.”
“I still think people will find out that Iâ€™m really not very talented. Iâ€™m really not very good. Itâ€™s all been a big sham.”
“Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.”
“When I'm painting the picture, I'm really painting a picture. I may have a flat-footed technique, or something like that, but still, to me, the thrill, or the meat of the thing, is the actual painting. I don't get any thrill out of laying it out.”

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