"I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake."
-George Bernard Shaw
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"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.“
-George Bernard Shaw
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"When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work."
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"The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me."
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"If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all."
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"Clever and attractive women do not want to vote they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men."
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"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."
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"The whole system of society tells you what to do."
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"I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't."
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"That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another."
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"Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society."
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"RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society."
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
-Sebastian Junger
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