"It is one of history's great ironies that capitalists built decent and humane societies on the basis of an amoral approach to the economics of pricing, whereas socialists built exploitative and inhumane societies on the basis of a morally inflamed approach to economics."

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Source : Kevin D Williamson (2010). “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism”, p.22, Regnery Publishing

Kevin D. Williamson

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“[Psychics] use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do - the same physical methods, the same psychological methods - and they effectively and profoundly deceive millions of people around the earth, to their detriment.”
“We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology.”
“I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.”
“I knew one hundred little things about Noah Shaw but when he kissed me I couldn't remember my own name.”

Source : Michelle Hodkin (2013). “The Evolution of Mara Dyer”, p.351, Simon and Schuster
“You cannot seriously address the destruction of wilderness without addressing the society that is destroying it.”
“I was right at the edge of their circle, like the tail of a Q...”

Source : Aimee Bender (2011). “The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake”, p.158, Random House
“She wasn't that tough on me, but I think she was often a little frightened - being a single parent. So it begets this quality of desired absoluteness that doesn't really exist. My sister could crack her up. She'd be getting into trouble and put the Steve Martin arrow through her head and mom would start to laugh. I didn't have the same sort of wiliness.”
“Microsoft, by some accounts, the second most capitalized company on the planet, is the only corporate colossus in history whose entire product line could be eliminated with a giant magnet.”

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