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“ The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. ”

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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

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The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.

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I am unable to believe in a God susceptible to prayer. I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits, and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.

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There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.

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