The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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