John Brunner Quotes
If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.
Quotes to Explore
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We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
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Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.
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You are enough, which I believe is critical for any human being to get in their bones.
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Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.
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I challenge anyone to tell me there isn't evil in this world.
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Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.
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In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read.
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If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.
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The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.
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There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge.
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I haven't quite got the hang of this retirement thing.
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'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.
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Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.
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Real power does not consist in the ability to inflict capital punishment upon the subjects, but in the will and the ability to protect the subjects against the world.
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If you don't have that memory of being loved, you are condemned to search the world for something to fill you up.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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I think when people make a record with a goal in mind - like taking it to the next level or making them seem more mature - that gets in the way of writing great songs.
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If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.
