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“هذا الإنسان الجديد يجب أن يتسم بالمبادرة ، فعليه أن يطور قدراته الفردية ، وأن يكون شخصية إبداعية ؛ ومن أجل بناء المجتمع الجديد لسنا بحاجة الى دُمى تهزّ رأسها موافقة على كل شيء ، بل على العكس من ذلك إننا بحاجة الى مُناضلين نشيطين ، لا يعملون من أجل مصالح شخصية ، إنما يُشاركون في بناء المجتمع الإشتراكي بإبداع .”
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“You swam in a river of chance and coincidence. You clung to the happiest accidents—the rest you let float by.”
― The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
― The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
“Then there was this freedom the little guys were always getting killed for. Was it freedom from another country? Freedom from work or disease or death? Freedom from your mother-in-law? Please mister give us a bill of sale on this freedom before we go out and get killed. Give us a bill of sale drawn up plainly in advance what we're getting killed for... so we can be sure after we've won your war that we've got the same kind of freedom we bargained for.”
― Johnny Got His Gun
― Johnny Got His Gun
“What you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.”
― Who Moved My Cheese?
― Who Moved My Cheese?
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