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Serafima Karkkila
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“The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.”
― The Early Years: The Lyrics, 1971-1983
― The Early Years: The Lyrics, 1971-1983
“Marx wrote that 'History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.' This was witty but far from true. History is never repeated, but it borrows, steals, echoes and commandeers the past to create a hybrid, something unique out of the ingredients of past and present.”
― The Romanovs, 1613-1918
― The Romanovs, 1613-1918
“You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.”
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“Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. Moreover, even when the destructive effects of their work become patently clear, and they are asked to carry out actions incompatible with fundamental standards of morality, relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority.”
― Obedience to Authority
― Obedience to Authority
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