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“The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.”
― The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
― The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
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“The unbornâ€� are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe. Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.”
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“the ‘WWI originsâ€� literature has assumed such vast dimensions that no single historian (not even a fantasy figure with an easy command of all the necessary languages) could hope to read it in one lifetime â€� twenty years ago, an overview of the current literature counted 25,000 books and articles.”
― The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
― The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

“Well, it doesn’t work. Lowering standards just leads to poorly educated students who feel entitled to easy work and lavish praise.”
― Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success
― Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success

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