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I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost. – Terry Pratchett

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There was once a caustic comment from someone suggesting I was breeding a new race. Fans from different countries have married, amazing things like that. Ive been to some of the weddings. I went to one here the other day, a pagan ceremony. – Terry Pratchett

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In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this – death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. – Terry Pratchett

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In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists. – Larry Niven

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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them its not for them. Its for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors. – Danica McKellar

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The Holocaust also shows us how a combination of events and attitudes can erode a societys democratic values. – Tim Holden

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Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. – Mignon McLaughlin

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A persons worth is quite independent of their usefulness to society. – Kjell Magne Bondevik

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The enemy is not Islam, the great world faith, but a perversion of Islam. – John Cornyn

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A perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility. – Billie Jean King, about tennis

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Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as far as Im concerned. – Martin Freeman

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