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"I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme."

"Surrealism is a bourgeois disaffection; that its militants thought it universal is only one of the signs that it is typically bourgeois."

"We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed."

"Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the step I had taken, as the report proved true - a report which I thought justified, and indeed required, our separation."
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"It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an opportunity for a renaissance in this country."


"In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman."


"Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children."


"The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics."


"Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit."


"There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given."


"One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent?"


"Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument."
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