„We’ve tended in our cosmologies to make things familiar. Despite all our best efforts, we’ve not been very inventive.“

— Carl Sagan

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„Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.“
— Haruki Murakami
„We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the vanity of all plans.“
— Fernando Pessoa
„Our efforts to ensure our shared security must be matched by a commitment to improve governance. Those things are connected. Good governance is one of the best weapons against terrorism and instability.“
— Barack Obama