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"I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob."
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"Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich."

"To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue."

"Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years."

"One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians."

"It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more."

"Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could."

"Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views."

"One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed - different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgement of defeat."
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"What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives."

"Yoga is a method to come to a nondreaming mind. Yoga is the science to be in the here and now."

"Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice."

"As you jump new hurdles, you gain greater confidence. Confidence can be achieved like any other practiced skill."

"I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology."

"Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same."
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