Shana Alexander Quotes
Natural villains are hard to come by, what with all the shrinks and social-scientist types threatening to understand everybody into the ground.
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Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their conflict with one another. What the heck is going on in contemporary fairy tales? Women are not dominating the world; they are not evil.
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Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
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I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.
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There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.
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The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.
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Social Security is legally prohibited from contributing to the deficit. It cannot use debt to pay out benefits.
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I entered medicine to use it as a vehicle for social change.
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If we did but know how we rush into one evil while seeking to avoid another, we should have no resolution to shun any thing.
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Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.
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I think that money is the root of all evil. I've seen it happen.
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The world of superheroes is black and white; the world of monsters is not. Sometimes you need evil to fight evil.
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I have always stuck to my guns about what I want from the work and what interests me. I've never been seduced down the evil path. The path of taking the money.
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It felt very fresh to me, and it feels very contemporary - this idea that conflict's not being about good and evil and not necessarily being black and white. If you dig deep enough, you'll often find that people do things because they feel that they have to as opposed to because they are evil.
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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
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Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy.
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We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil.
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Oliver: Fear is the natural state of anything that dies.
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If thou shouldst paint mountains in a good style and to look natural, take some large stones full of cracks and copy them.
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Coal is our most abundant fossil fuel. (GE's) development efforts are to just end up making the plants more competitive on an economic basis by using these other coals.
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Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.
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Natural villains are hard to come by, what with all the shrinks and social-scientist types threatening to understand everybody into the ground.
