“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting”
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“This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful.”
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“People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love.”
― Women
― Women
“being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.”
― Women
― Women
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