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“People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the shallowest portion of all the argument. They but dimly represent the great surging feelings and desires which lie behind. When the distraction of the tongue is removed, the heart listens.”
― Sister Carrie
― Sister Carrie

“History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves”
― Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
― Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

“You see, but you do not observe.”
― A Scandal in Bohemia
― A Scandal in Bohemia

“How very American it was to assume that these unsmiling Chinese would be pleased if one showed a preference for their native implements...How very American it was to feel somehow guilty unless one struggled over rice noodles and lumps of meat with things that looked like enlarged knitting needles.”
― The Bonfire of the Vanities
― The Bonfire of the Vanities
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