"Poverty is part of the natural condition and that is bad enough. But my task is to prevent the aggravation of this condition."

-- Pope Francis

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“I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football, and I have 20/20 vision, so I couldn't be a referee.”
“Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.”

Source : "X Factor culture fuelled the UK riots, says Iain Duncan Smith" by Patrick Wintour and Paul Lewis, www.theguardian.com. December 09, 2011.
“If God was dead, how could I feel this bad?”
“A society which makes provision for participation in its good of all its members on equal terms and which secures flexible readjustment of its institutions through interaction of the different forms of associated life is in so far democratic. Such a society must have a type of education which gives individuals a personal interest in social relationships and control, and the habits of mind which secure social changes without introducing disorder.”
“The library should be a commonplace to every one. To use it should be as natural when one needs news or knowledge, fiction or fact, as it is to use the trolley when one needs transportation.”

Source : "Libraries; addresses and essays".
“She's got the whole dark forest living inside of her.”
“Im obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think thats extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.”
“I was a big sci-fi fantasy geek when I was younger... secretly, in my room.”

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