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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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I think America has dealt with - I mean, this is simplistic, and of course I don't live in America - but the impression I get is that there is not a kind of obligation to dislike those who are better off or be frightened of those who are worse off.
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Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult.


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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.


Oscar Wilde
From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.
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Part of America is we've always had people that can get things done.


Stephen Pagliuca
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Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.
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Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'
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Above all, I dislike vulgarity.


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I still dislike phones, yeah!


Martin Scorsese
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Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.
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Day-old bread? Sadly, in America a lot of day-old bread just becomes nasty. Italian day-old bread, not having any preservatives in it, just becomes harder and it doesn't taste old. What I would warn people about is getting bread that's loaded with other things in it, because it starts to taste old.
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The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else.
D. H. Lawrence
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For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.
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I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.


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