"It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the older we grow the more cynical and hardened we become; indeed, many of us are only saved by timely death from moral petrification, if not from moral corruption."

-- H. Rider Haggard

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“I haven't really addressed those rumors because why defend yourself against something that isn't offensive?”
“Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted.”

Source : "Cities bear the brunt of air pollution - they can also solve it" by Leo Hollis, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2014.
“No society can work unless its members feel responsibilities as well as rights.”
“I have the picture in my mind of how emotional I will feel if I win again.”
“[I think] everybody should see a dermatologist.”

Source : "Grace And Frankie's June Diane Raphael on the joy of calling Donald Trump a 'little bitch'". Interview with Alex McLevy, tv.avclub.com. March 22, 2017.
“A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.”
“The best speakers know enough to be scaredâ€¦the only difference between the pros and the novices is that the pros have trained the butterflies to fly in formation.”
“To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.”

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