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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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Voltaire:

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

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Tina Louise, in the voice of Ginger Grant:

None proclaim their innocence so loudly as the guilty.

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Robert Guillaume, in the voice of Benson DuBois:

Some people spend their lives complaining about what they haven’t got or getting more than they need. They never seem to enjoy what they have.

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Sinclair Lewis:

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.

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Isabel Allende:

Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

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Jim Backus, in the voice of Thurston Howell III:

. . . when people are in trouble, they make concessions and promises. When their trouble is over, they forget those fancy promises.

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Robert Shea:

But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes.

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Jamele Hill:

Americans love to be entertained, often at the expense of our judgment, morals and values.

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Robert Guillaume, in the voice of Benson DuBois:

Facts don’t seem to matter in a political town.

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Philip K. Dick:

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

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John Ruskin:

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.

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Han Fei:

. . . a ruler who mistakes reputation for ability when assigning offices will see his state fall into disorder.

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