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“We happen upon ourselves when nothing much happens to us, and we are transformed in the process...”

Quote by Anthony Lane

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Anthony Lane, born in 1962, is an accomplished journalist. His career is focused on film criticism and literary reviews, known for his profound insights and unique writing style. more

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“This is why I say that the individual's most potent weapon is a stubborn belief in the triumph of common decency.”

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Book:An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda

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“Kindness is not an illusion and violence is not a rule. The true resting state of human affairs is not represented by a man hacking his neighbor into pieces with a machete. That is a sick aberration. No, the true state of human affairs is life as it ought to be lived.”

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“Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives.”

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“We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways.”

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“Facts are almost irrelevant to most people. We make decisions based on emotion and then justify them later with whatever facts we can scrounge up in our defense.”

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Book:An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda

Source: An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda

“A sad truth of human nature is that it is hard to care for people when they are abstractions, hard to care when it is not you or somebody close to you. Unless the world community can stop finding ways to dither in the face of this monstrous threat to humanity those words Never Again will persist in being one of the most abused phrases in the English language and one of the greatest lies of our time.”

Source: An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography

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Source: An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda

“How can a guy climb trees, say "Me, Tarzan, you, Jane", and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was an athlete. They know I wasn't make-believe.”

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Author:Johnny Weissmuller