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The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization fou

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. – Simone Weil

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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. – Simone Weil

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As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles. – Simone Weil

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Fear
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Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else. – Simone Weil

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Individuality is founded in feeling and the recesses of feeling, the darker, blinder strata of character, are the only places in the world in which we catch real fact in the making, and directly perceive how events happen, and how work is actually done. – William James

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work

I think I can work with any type of actor. – Ang Lee

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work

Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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An idea isnt worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work. – William Feather

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A good teacher is a determined person. – Gilbert Highet

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When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet. – Paul Ryan

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No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country, to change their constitution. – Hamid Karzai

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