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It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

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Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the evidence, would then the faith be dead? ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

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I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible. ↗

— Georges Simenon

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I saw Mussolini tirelessly contemplate a parade of thousands of young men. ↗

— Georges Simenon

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Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person. ↗

— Georges Simenon

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The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Modern culture is constantly growing more objective. Its tissues grow more and more out of impersonal energies, and absorb less and less the subjective entirety of the individual. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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