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Thomas Hübner
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“Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
“I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough.”
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“So you, too, like fruitcake? (RW on meeting Lenin in Zurich during World War I.)”
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“Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter a curious new phase in our society.... To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil.”
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“Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they become. Until one day without realizing it you reach a glorious plateau. Wearing those shoes is like wearing no shoes at all. The more scuffed they get, the more you love them and the more you can't imagine life without them.”
― In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
― In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams
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