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" We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. "

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" As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask. "

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" The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist. "

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