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It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by…
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate…
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Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.
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When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
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My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only…
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If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.
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Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that…
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In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But…
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Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.
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In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs to march.
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Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.
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The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.
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If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.
— Pearl S. Buck
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Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others, remains indelible…
— Theodor Reik
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There are other sources of psychological knowledge, which become accessible at the very point where the experimental method fails us.
— Wilhelm Wundt
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Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies.
— David Brin
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Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent.
— Cornel West
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We will fail God, we will fail our family, and our family might fail us at times, but God never fails us.
— Nick Vujicic
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There are times in life when language fails us, when everything that needs to be said can be expressed only by saying…
— Simon Van Booy
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Love yourself enough to never place all that is reserved for God into another human being. God never fails us. Humans fail…
— God Never Fails
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