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“Who is this person that you call "All"?—It is "society"!—But is it corporeal, then?—We are its body!—You? Why, you are not a body yourselves;—you, sir, are corporeal to be sure, you too, and you, but you all together are only bodies, not a body. Accordingly the united society may indeed have bodies at its service, but no one body of its own. Like the "nation" of the politicians, it will turn out to be nothing but a "spirit," its body only semblance.”

“Question & Answer!! Academic: They ask question, listen answer! Police: They ask question, not accept your answer! Politician: They ask question, they give the answer! Scientist: They ask question, question the answer! Children: They ask question as long as you give answer! Religion: All questions have same answer! Teacher: They ask question, correct your answer! Student: They ask question, forget the answer! Guilty: Answer before question! Arrogant: Ask question, does not care answer! Wife: Asks question, asks the answer – twice!”

“Mi madre siempre hablaba del hambre, de la miseria, de no tener techo, del terror ese incrustado al saber que tu supervivencia no está garantizada, que tu margen de error en la vida es mu pequeño. Nuestra supervivencia, la supervivencia de las que venimos de pobres, nace del esfuerzo colectivo por sobrevivir, por dar a la siguiente generación una patada en el culo que nos aleje lo maximo posible de la línea de la miseria, por darnos herramientas para salir adelante.”