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"I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest."
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"The more rapidly a civilization progresses, the sooner it dies for another to rise in its place."
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"Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization."
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"Education is not the amount of information that is pushed into the brain and causes havoc there, undigested all through a lifetime. Education must be a symposium of life-building, character- making and assimilation of ideas in the pursuit of building a more harmonious, peaceful and truly civilized world."
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"If this is called civilization, then I am afraid humanity is no more civilized than the Tyrannosaurus Rex."
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"It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else... begin to march us steadily backward."
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"Science is a trigger of changes of civilization. Religion is the failsafe of science performance."
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"People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge."
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"There is nothing more savage than modern civilization."
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"Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization."
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"I do not believe that the values which the Western democracies consider essential to civilization can survive in a world rent by the international anarchy of nationalism and the economic anarchy of competitive enterprise."
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"A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for the skin."
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"I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet... It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house not be able to leave."
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"I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me."
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"I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest."
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"Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly."
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"I was completely loyal and faithful to Stephen throughout this time as, indeed, he assured me he was to me."
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"I keep getting these extraordinary letteres, really weird ones from American sports stars - I've always thought you were one pretty lady and now that you're single I want to meet you for a drink."
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"Being English, I always laugh at anything to do with the lavatory or bottoms."
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