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“Shall we always study to obtain more of these things, and not sometimes to be content with less?” Henry David Thoreau, Walden
“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.” John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address
“Centuries ago Calvinist faith turned the cathedral into a hangar, its only function being to keep the prayers of the faithful safe from rain and snow.” Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“You realize that people take drugs because it's the only real personal adventure left to them in their time-constrained, law-and-order, property-lined world.” Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor
“He had brought no possessions with him; he would take none away. There were none to have—everything of value was in the school computer or his own head and hands.” Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

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