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“... moralists have no place in an art gallery.”
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“The sad discovery of the adult world was the permanent truth: you don't always do what you want to do; you do what you must.”
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“June is the gateway to summer ...”
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“Too often when I am with other people I hand over my freedom and values as if they are the price of admission to companionship. I expect others to be as harsh with me as the critic living in my mind — the critic with my mother's voice.”
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“... Money speaks sense in a Language all Nations understand.”
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“While it is undeniable that many have been driven to immorality and crime by the need to survive, it is equally evident that the possession of a significant surplus of material goods has never been a guarantee against covetousness, rapacity and the infinite variety of vice and pain which spring from such passions. Indeed, it could be argued that the unrelenting compulsion of those who already have much to acquire even more has generated greater injustice, immorality and wretchedness than the cumulative effect of the struggles of the severely underprivileged to better their lot.”
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“You can butcher the sheep only once. But if you are careful, you can shear the sheep every year.”
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“When we can begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.”