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A waiting list thousands of names long is ethically unacceptable. On the contrary, living transplantation is morally permissible, as well as meritorious, which today is also a simple and harmless surgical practice, just as the condition of those who find themselves living with only one kidney is practically risk-free.

— Umberto Veronesi

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I have become convinced that every religion expresses the need for a certain population at that historical moment.

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If you are a good conformist and respect the rules, no ideas come.

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