"Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation."

-- John Roberts

#Taxation Quotes #Levels Quotes #Authority Quotes

“This is what love does and continues to do. It tastes like honey to adults and milk to children.”
“If I had no family, my wife and I would lead a much more romantic and nomadic existence.”
“The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.”

Source : Walter Mosley (2009). “This Year You Write Your Novel”, p.7, Hachette UK
“Feminism has fought no wars ... killed no opponents ... set up no concentration camps ... starved no enemies ... practiced no cruelty. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety in the streets ... for reforms in the law.”
“Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears.”
“I think the biggest misconception about experimental film in general is that it is always difficult and inaccessible.”
“The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.”
“More and more teams are using almost exclusively the draft to build their teams. And that means you have younger players to develop in those key depth positions. Younger players are more susceptible to streaks than veterans. They go up, they go down.”

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