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witpqs -> RE: crustton: "Many years ago, I once had a conversation with a prostitute in Chile" (9/2/2017 2:49:25 AM)
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crsutton: Do I have the attribution correct?
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"Many years ago, I once had a conversation with a prostitute in Chile. I was puzzled why the Chilean people seemed so content with Pinochet and his abuses of power. I, being somewhat of an idealist, said that it seemed to me that the disposed president Allende had so much more to offer the Chilean people. Her answer was simple enough. She said that under Allende everyone had personal freedoms that they had not seen in decades. But of course there was never any food on the table. Under Pinochet there was repression and less personal freedom but there was plenty of food. She told me that only a person who had never experienced real hunger could think that freedom was the most important thing in the world. It was indeed hard for me to relate, having always had plenty to eat." - CR Sutton, 2011
I keep notable quotations for myself. Some samples:
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"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls." - Joseph Campbell
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"You should, in science, believe logic and arguments,carefully drawn, and not authorities." — Richard Feynman
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"When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty." - Confucius
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"One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole nations and empires -- and the blind faith that such leaders can nevertheless inspire among the people who are enthralled by their words or their posturing." - Thomas Sowell
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"Respect those who seek the truth, be wary of those who claim to have found it." - Mark Twain
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