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Primo Levi
“They are the typical product of the structure of the German Lager: if one offers a position of privilege to a few individuals in a state of slavery, exacting in exchange the betrayal of a natural solidarity with their
comrades, there will certainly be someone who will accept. He will be withdrawn from the common law and will become untouchable; the more power that he is given, the more he will be consequently hateful and
hated. When he is given the command of a group of unfortunates, with the right of life or death over them, he will be cruel and tyrannical, because he will understand that if he is not sufficiently so, someone else, judged more suitable, will take over his post.

Moreover, his capacity for hatred, unfulfilled in the direction of the oppressors, will double back, beyond all reason, on the oppressed; and he will only be satisfied when he has unloaded onto his underlings the injury received from above.”
Primo Levi, If This Is a Man / The Truce

David Sedaris
“You know you're young when someone asks you for money and you take it as a compliment.”
David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
tags: humor

“The big deal is that if employees aren't engaged, your company will suffer.”
Susan Scott, Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the Worst "Best" Practices of Business Today

Kiera Cass
“Be happy.”
Kiera Cass, The One

John Irving
“It´s natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them, but you have to let everything happen to them. You can't interfere with people you love any more than you're supposed to interfere with people you don't even know. And that's hard, ..., because you often feel like interfering -you want to be the one who makes the plans.”
John Irving, The Cider House Rules
tags: love

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