I can tell you, dearest friend, that

“I can tell you, dearest friend, that if it became known how much friendship, love and a world of human and spiritual references I have smuggled into these three movements, the adherents of programme music – should there be any left – would go mad with joy.”

— Alban Berg

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Category: friendship
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If any man claims the Negro should

“If any man claims the Negro should be content… let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.”

— Robert Kennedy

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Category: change
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For example, one way of giving yourself

“For example, one way of giving yourself a strong incentive to reach your goal is to commit to pay money to someone if you fail. Better yet, you can specify that you will have to pay a certain sum to a cause that you detest.”

— Peter Singer

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Category: money
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Governments that use violence to stop democratic

“Governments that use violence to stop democratic development will not earn themselves respite forever. They will pay an increasingly high price for actions which they can no longer hide from the world with ease, and will find themselves on the wrong side of history.”

— William Hague

Author: William Hague
Category: history
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