"The dubious privilege of a freelance writer is heâ€™s given the freedom to starve anywhere."

-- S. J. Perelman

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“Connoisseurs think the art is already done.”

Source : John Constable (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of John Constable (Illustrated)”, p.561, Delphi Classics
“I understand politically that uprisings take place as a combination of spontaneity and preparation, not that preparation is more important than spontaneity.”

Source : "“Exiles From the Future”: An Interview with Vijay Prashad". Interview with Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. August 17, 2016.
“I'll come back to you," I say. "I promise you, if it's the last thing I do, I'll come back to you." Her face is buried in my neck. She nods. "I'll count the minutes until you do." she says.”
“Facebook does social really well, but continues to fail at community.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com
“I think one thing that is extremely important is to connect with people in order to be successful and bring the people in so that they become your partners.”
“Secret Instructions for Reaching Xanadu: Go eastward from the Bewildered-Dragon Lake Until you see the Monastery of the West Tower straight and high above your head. Then take Those charms which, as I told you, in the breast Of your most inner robe you have hidden, and follow Their clear instruction.”

Source : Arthur Davison Ficke (1938). “Selected Poems: With a Preface on the Nature of Poetry”
“Freud also said we choose our own neuroses. Capitalism is the neurosis of humanity.”
“The equal protection standard of the constitution has one clear and central meaning - it absolutely prohibits invidious [repugnant] discrimination by government...Under our Constitution, any official action that treats a person differently on account of his race or ethnic origin is inherently [by nature] suspect and presumptively [probably] invalid...Under the Constitution we have, one practice in which government may never engage in the practice of racism - not even "temporarily" and not even as an "experiment."”

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