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There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline. ↗

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

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English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties. ↗

— Jose Saramago

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I have learned to have more faith in the scientist than he does in himself. ↗

— David Sarnoff

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All psychological research is completely barred by the interpretations of the psychoanalysts. Everything happens in the unconscious, and I don't know what this unconscious is. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

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Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness. ↗

— May Sarton

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Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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