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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part o

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. – Samuel Butler

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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. – Samuel Butler

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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. – Samuel Butler

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We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence. The boil is growing out of control, recklessly at cross purposes with itself, its impacts multiplying as the causes disintegrate. – Jean Baudrillard

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Every day you waste is one you can never make up. – George Allen

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I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad. – Terence

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The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom. – William Blake

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I think weve been dulled by capitalism. Were just blobs now – were so worried about how we can keep paying the lease on the car, the mortgage, the lease on the toaster and all that. You cant really think about much else. If you lose that, you lose the whole lot. – Rupert Everett

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When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety. – Robert Evans

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Politics is not a healthy lifestyle. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

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We need new partnerships for peace and security. – Anna Lindh

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