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The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place. — Iain Pears

You never forget the discovery years. First kisses. The first time you try certain foods. — Junot Diaz

Who you are is less important than what you seem. — Iain Pears

I learned that I' have to be detached if I was ever to achieve anything at all. — Iain Pears

His idleness was his refuge, and in this he was like many others in [occupied] France in that period; laziness became political. — Iain Pears

I won't let you be disappointed; I will show you my fighting spirit. — Kris Wu

Not that they were there to have fun - although with Kingsley Martin around, fun was never far from the agenda. — Melissa De La Cruz

although individuals and small events did affect the course of historical development, the influence of even major figures was strictly limited. In — Iain Pears

I went to the meeting with some trepidation for, although I might have met a wizard before, I had never encountered an Irishman. — Iain Pears

You can't hurt me, I found peace within myself. — Michael Jackson

They wrote it that my moustache was insured for 13 million. — John Newcombe

I have a theory that too much learning unbalances the mind. — Iain Pears

The urge for destruction is also a creative urge! — Mikhail Bakunin

The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind.
(Marco) — Iain Pears

In a world of chemically induced sanity, a little lunacy confers immense advantages. — Iain Pears

Like the aristocracy, you can tell a reporter's status by his clothes and manners. The worse they are, the higher up they are, — Iain Pears

He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it. — Iain Pears

The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be. — Iain Pears

The evil done by men of goodwill is the worst of all ... We have done terrible things, for the best of reasons, and that makes it worse. — Iain Pears

Diplomacy and virtue do not make easy companions. — Iain Pears

Besides, it was all very well to criticise the works of others, but in fact it was quite hard, he discovered, to tell a story. — Iain Pears

For, in his opinion, to study nature was a form of worship. — Iain Pears

Hannibal Lecter stole Leatherface's mask and ported the slasher conventions into the thriller for the early '90s. — Stephen Graham Jones

And here was the moment. The end of it all, for civilization was merely another name for friendship, and friendship was coming to an end. — Iain Pears

For what are we but our past? If that is lost, we become nothing. — Iain Pears

The way he talks about getting out - it's like he thinks we're trapped. — Veronica Roth

Art and science are made when people are terrified that they are going to die. (about "Arcadia" by Iain Pears) — Jen Campbell

I knew salesmen, they made good murderers. — Iain Pears

Stick to journalism, Mr Cort, where you never have to understand anything. — Iain Pears

For men are held above their fellows by the gossamer of reputation, which is so soft and fragile a breath can blow it away. — Iain Pears

A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it - it keeps him upright. — Robert A. Heinlein

Civilization depends on continually making the effort, of never giving in. It needs to be cared for by men of goodwill, protected from the dark. — Iain Pears

When God contemplates some great work, He begins it by the hand of some poor, weak, human creature, to whom He afterwards gives aid. — Martin Luther