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The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our

The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war. – Lester B. Pearson

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It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. – Herbert Read

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That person has to be accountable for himself. I think thats what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone elses life. – Herschel Walker

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The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. – A. J. Liebling

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In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted. – Ray Dalio

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I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally. – Susan Rice

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I am a mom as well as a senator! – Patty Murray

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I cant write without a reader. Its precisely like a kiss – you cant do it alone. – John Cheever

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The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual – when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions – it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

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