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The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Friedrich Durrenmatt
Age: 69 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 5
Died: 1990
Died: December 14
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P'ŭridŭrihi Dwirenmat'ŭ
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In the United States the whites speak well of the Blacks but think bad about them, whereas the Blacks talk bad and think bad aboutthe whites. Whites fear Blacks, because they have a bad conscience, and Blacks hate whites because they need not have a bad conscience.
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Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
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Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them.
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Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.
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The archetype of all humans, their ideal image, is the computer, once it has liberated itself from its creator, man. The computeris the essence of the human being. In the computer, man reaches his completion.
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Revolutions demand enormous sacrifices and, at the same time, create a new need to change the world again.
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We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.
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