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“Of course the reason that the Authorities have banned the stuff is not so much the detrimental effect on one's health, however genuine that might be, but rather that those who regularly partake in the illicit herb tend to lose…

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“There comes a point when you stop thinking of you playing the game, and you simply become a part of – and merge into – and become lost in – the game.”

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“It's no use preaching to the choir. The rulebook, evidence, and good, old-fashioned fact-checking – let alone human decency – have been thrown out by many on the right. This is the Post-Enlightenment era of Post-Trust, Post-Truth, Post-Rationality, Post-Honour, and Post-Chivalry.”

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“Now, sorcery rules the world. Of course, most don't call it sorcery; indeed, many would be horrified by such a notion. Instead, they use words like ideology, politics, defence, security, patriotism, commerce, industry, marketing, consumerism and belief. But where there is power-seeking, especially power over others or for oneself, though also over oneself, and be it wittingly or unwittingly conjured…

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“Smoking is suicide by instalments.”

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“A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you…

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“An angry man will find himself in an angry world, and a swindler will find himself in a world of thieves whom he dare…

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“There was a great joke that was forever doing the rounds in the jail and it was probably funny not because it had a…

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“All those old myths and legends and fairytales didn't just appear out of nowhere for no good reason, you know. They came about because…

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“Their methods were especially crude and most of these former friends were now born again model citizens; lobotomized; or burnt out shells.”

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“The use of drugs is not an effective means of facilitating real escape. It merely gives that erroneous and illusive impression. Well, illusive with an I and elusive with an E. At best, narcotics do no more than promote bonhomie and give you a temporary taste of what freedom might be like; and drugs take you into another sub-level of,…

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“These technical impediments [... things like ignorance, impatience, unexamined assumptions, habit ...] get in the way of what would otherwise occur or develop quite…

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