"The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture."

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"My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself."

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"Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority."

War

"I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country."

War

"I claim the right to take a stand once in a while."

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"Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher."

Life

"We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too."

Life

"The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character."

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"This grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings....the merry dance of death and trade goes on."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

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"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

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"A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

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"A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

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"This civilization is the impact of the world's consumption behavior."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell."

George Orwell, British Author

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"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

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"In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself."

"Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority."

"I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country."

"I claim the right to take a stand once in a while."

"Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher."

"We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too."

"The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character."

"I live quietly at home among my family and friends."

"There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about."

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"This grimy fragment of another world, the forerunner of change, of conquest, of trade, of massacres, of blessings....the merry dance of death and trade goes on."

"The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization."

"A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance."

"A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values."

"This civilization is the impact of the world's consumption behavior."

"Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables."

"Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end."

"Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell."

"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea."

"In the world of primitive savages, religion and bigotry go hand in hand. But, in the world of civilized humans, religion and reason must go hand in hand."