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There is nothing that is truly free nor democratic enough. Make no mistake, the internet did not come to save the world.

— José Saramago

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The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.

Blindness (1995)

If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?

Blindness (1995)

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

The Cave (2000)

Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are.

Blindness (1995)

At this time of life even a day makes a difference, the only saving grace is that sometimes things improve.

The Cave (2000)

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We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.

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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.

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The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

John Gilmore

If technical progress is not matched by corresponding progress in man's ethical formation, in man's inner growth, then it is not progress at all, but a threat for man and for the world.

Pope Benedict XVI

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