"Too long, that some may rest, tired millions toil unblest."

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Source : William Watson (1899). “The Collected Poems of William Watson”

William Watson

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“I think there is a lot of crime caused by desperation, and it doesn't mean that people commit crime because they're poor, but certainly a lot of people who are poor commit crime and they might not if they weren't poor. You understand the difference there? That's not news, but it comes up when I hear people say poverty doesn't affect crime - that crime is still going down in America even though the economy is bad.”
“Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted by the Ghost of Might-have-Been.”
“I seem to be stuck in the '60s, and my favorite music, cars, and women's fashion come from that era. And the sense of social rebellion. It was a good time for a lot of things.”
“In the end it's the big picture which changes nations and whatever our opponents may say, Australia's changed inexorably for good, for the better.”
“Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and conclusive increasingly turned out to be circular, tentative, and uncertain.”
“Live in rooms full of light.”
“The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.”

Source : "We're losing control of our digital privacy" by Rebecca MacKinnon, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2012.
“Be willing to stop punishing yourself for your mistakes. Love yourself for your willingness to learn and grow.”

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