"It takes a long time before we cease to feel proud of being wanted. Though God knows why we should feel it, when we look around and see who is wanted too."

Society, Pride, Want, Relationship, Values

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"It takes a long time before we cease to feel proud of being wanted. Though God knows why we should feel it, when we look around and see who is wanted too."

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"Society has a herd psychology, so until we have more good shepherds we are lost."

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"The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal."

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"The 'Wild West' is a good description of law enforcement in the desert southwest USA."

Steven Magee, British Author

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"Take responsibility for the city."

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"Reality in our century is not something to be faced."

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"He wasn't a patient. I expect someone cured him. You cure a lot of people in this country, don't you, with bullets?"

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"Rocinante was of more value for a true traveller than a jet plane. Jet planes were for business men."

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"Old age saves us from the realization of a great many fears."

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"Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about people and the proletariat; I talk about the suckers and the mugs. It's the same thing."

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"They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness."

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"A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority."

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"Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away."

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