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Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being. – Simone Weil

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Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. – Simone Weil

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power
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When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder. – Simone Weil

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

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work
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We will have to continue to improve our human intelligence system-something that was, unfortunately, lacking in the years which led up to September 11. This is going to be a continuing process of change. – John Sununu

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She was short on intellect, but long on shape. – George Ade

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That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections here this spring that are free and fair and free of outside influence. – Stephen Hadley

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Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence. – Ben Kingsley

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We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness. – Benjamin Franklin

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Whats natural and right is to go with the energy of how it all has to work together. Whats natural and right is interconnectedness, not individualism. What is natural and right is respect for the system, not killing the system. Whats natural and right is love. – Susan Powter

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Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. – Theodor Adorno

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A lot of what the Culture is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens. – Iain Banks

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