"Politically I am neither left nor right! And this kind of political-ethical standpoint-- being in the middle-- usually brings about seclusion and isolation! But now I do not mind it anymore and, instead, I work more and more in my self-made solitude!"

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“The death of our close friends and relatives proves that how close the death is to us!”

“Erasers remind us there is no faultless human.”

“We all laugh and cough with the same language and will die with the same language as well!”

“Our lives consist of two numbers: date of birth and date of death.”

“Paper is my best friend and paper seller is my worst friend!”

“Sweetness of life depends to its bitterness.”

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"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we ar…"

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— Derek Parfit

Ethics1942–2017

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"We are in a bit of a policy box and it's going to require us being willing to give up one of the two, which is it's okay to take on more deficits but lets put in some massive spending. Alternatively t…"

— Indra Nooyi

Business1955

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