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“The future of human society. Had it made an irrevocably false start? The compass error that gets harder to correct with every mile you go?”
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“Don't you loathe it when doctors use the word 'we' when it applies only and solely to yourself?”
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“To be a good sportsman, one must be a stoic and never show rancor in defeat, or triumph in victory, or irritation, no matter what annoyance is encountered. One who can not help sulking, or explaining, or protesting when the loser, or exulting when the winner, has no right to take part in games or contests.”
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“She mistakes suspicion for insight.”
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“Sexual pessimism and hostility toward the pleasures of the flesh are a legacy from the ancient world which Christianity has preserved in a special measure to this day.”
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“The term 'lady' has been so misused, that I like better the old-fashioned term, woman.”
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“Environment is undoubtedly a secondary factor in the phenomena of life; it can modify in that it can help or hinder, but it can never create. ”
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“The future: A consolation for those who have no other.”