A woman's beauty does not belong to her alone. It is part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it.
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Citations by John Maxwell Coetzee
Perhaps if one flew high enough... one would be able to see.
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If you have reservations about the system and want to change it, the democratic argument goes, do so within the system: put yourself forward as a candidate for political office, subject yourself to the scrutiny and the vote of fellow citizens. Democracy does not allow for politics outside the democratic system. In this sense, democracy is totalitarian.
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There is first of all the problem of the opening, namely, how to get us from where we are, which is, as yet, nowhere, to the far bank. It is a simple bridging problem, a problem of knocking together a bridge. People solve such problems every day. They solve them, and having solved them push on.
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One day some as yet unborn scholar will recognize in the clock the machine that has tamed the wilds.
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I know somewhat too much; and from this knowledge, once one has been infected, there seems to be no recovering.
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All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice.
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Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.
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Long visits don't make for good friends.
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Unbelief is a belief.
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