"I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good."

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Adam Smith

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“Tell me a story. / In this century, and moment, of mania, tell me a story. / Make it a story of great distances, and starlight. / The name of the story will be time, / But you must not speak its name. / Tell me a story of deep delight.”
“Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming.”
“What you do with your resources in this life is your autobiography.”
“The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything.”

Source : "Fictional character: Guy Forsyth". "Waking Life", www.imdb.com. 2001.
“There's a vegan and gluten-free bakery called BabyCakes that I love. They've got shops in New York and Los Angeles. Their stuff is amazing.”
“Making a profit is no more the purpose of a corporation than getting enough to eat is the purpose of life. Getting enough to eat is a requirement of life; life's purpose, one would hope, is somewhat broader and more challenging. Likewise with business and profit.”
“The Shadow had no imagination. He neither looked at naked women nor thought of ridding the world of dictators like Hitler or Mussolini.”
“Get it out of your head that wineâ€™s just a drink. Real wine is like a missing human gene. It vaccinates you against mundanity, against bad life.”

Source : DBC Pierre (2011). “Lights Out in Wonderland: A Novel”, p.74, W. W. Norton & Company

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