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Irene Khan, Amnesty’s Secretary General, showed that a twenty-first-century cultural relativism could be as condescending when she told the Financial Times that ‘if you look globally today and want to talk about human rights, for the vast
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“...in any case over sufficiently long a term, as everyone knows, there is nothing that does not have as its consequence death.”
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
“Stupidity mistook itself for intelligence, whereas intelligence knew its own stupidity.”
― Purity
― Purity
“Look, unless you're writing one, a self-help book is an oxymoron.”
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
“We don’t value things; we value their meaning. What they are is determined by the laws of physics, but what they mean is determined by the laws of psychology.”
― Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense
― Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense
“These people were content with their environment, and felt no particular objection to an impersonal steel and concrete landscape, no qualms about the invasion of their privacy by government agencies and organizations, and if anything welcoming these intrusions, using them for their own purposes. These people were the first to master a new kind of 20th century life. They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack of involvement with others, and the total self-sufficiency of lives which, needing nothing, were never disappointed. Alternatively, their real needs might emerge later.”
― High-Rise
― High-Rise
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