You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer
("Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit")
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There is no secret knowledge; no one knows anything that can't be found on a shelf in the public library.Daniel Quinn
If you alone found out what the lie was, then you're probably right-it would make no great difference. But if you ALL found out what the lie was, it might conceivably make a very great difference indeed.
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The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison.
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This law … defines the limits of competition in the community of life. You may compete to the full extent of your capabilities, but you may not hunt down your competitors or destroy their food or deny them access to food. In other words, you may compete but you may not wage war.
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Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning? ...Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man's appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish.
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