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“American statesmen might like some Europeans more than others and even detect quaint resemblances to their own outlook; but they no more committed themselves to a particular group or country than a nineteenth-century missionary committed himself to the African tribe in which he happened to find himself.”
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“I think in this country we're committed to developing plays, and many plays I've seen have been rewritten too much. The scenes are tight, the play ends at the right time, you know exactly what the scene is about, but it seems flat; you can almost see that too many hands have been on the play. The individual voice is gone.”
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“To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.”
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“Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.”
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“I visualize myself winning the Olympic Pentathlon, inventing a phone that can be controlled by brain waves, or doing the laundry. I do not actually DO these things, but I see myself doing them, and that is almost MORE satisfying, because I am also lying down.”
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“Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.”
Source : "Every Snape scene in chronological order shows his anguished evolution" by Rob Dean, www.avclub.com. January 15, 2016. 
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“I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whether it's a laptop or a cell phone, at all times.”
Source : "Angel's Alexis Denisof goes post-apocalyptic in a new web series". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. August 7, 2012.
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“I never got into using my phone's calendar. It's easier to write in my Tiffany day planner. There's something charming about having a datebook.”
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“There is no justice in following unjust laws.”
Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.27, The New Press
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“The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice, truth, and efficiency, etc., should be kept to an absolute minimum or should approach zero as a limit.”
