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David Levy:

The human capacity for denial and rationalization is always shocking, but never surprising.

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Grace Hopper:

Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, “We’ve always done it this way.” I try to fight that. That’s why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.

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Noah Webster:

When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country.

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Petrarch:

Books have led some to learning and others to madness.

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Hannah Arendt:

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

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James Noble, in the voice of Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling:

The trouble with maps is, unless you know where you are, you can’t figure out where you’re going.

Since GPS, that’s really not an issue for most of us, at least if we have a cell phone signal, but methinks it applies to politics.

We’ve got far too many persons who don’t realize where we are, let along where we’re headed.

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Gene Roddenberry:

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

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Lionel Trilling:

Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.

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Sue Grafton:

Ideas are easy. It’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

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Jim Davis:

Way down deep, we’re all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.

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Kerry Thornley:

Organized religion preaches Order and Love but spawns Chaos and Fury. Why?

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Charles de Gaulle:

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

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Blake Edwards:

Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race.

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Robert Sapolsky:

Disgust is a very powerful tool for bringing about crowd violence. If a group can be dehumanized and made into the Other, the ‘them,’ to treat that group horribly is made much easier.

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Lewis J. Stadlen, in the voice of John Taylor:

That’s what makes this country great. Everybody has a right to express an opinion, no matter how little they know.

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Catherine of Siena:

The poison of selfishness destroys the world.

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Jackie Robinson:

There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

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Jennifer Granholm:

If the person at the wheel refuses to ask for directions, it is time for a new driver.

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John Galsworthy:

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.

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Ursula K. Le Guin:

We read books to find out who we are.

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