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Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

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Richard Powers

The thing that makes reading and writing suspect in the eyes of the market economy is that it's not corrupted.

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What I really like to learn how to do is to build sentences that are equal to mental states.

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We don't consider the roles that we're taking in making the world the way it is.

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We're in a declared war, but unless were clear about who the enemy is, we'll waste our time fighting enemies that aren't enemies at all. There's only one enemy and no matter what people do, say or react people are never the enemy. The enemy is our only enemy.

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