"A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit."

-- Samuel Johnson

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“If people start going to a desk, some one individual employees desk and they don't report to them... it's a sign that they believe that person can help them. So if you see that consistently, those are your barrels. Just promote them, give them more opportunity as fast as you can.”
“Before there was an Internet, before there was an A.O.L., the circulation of newspapers was going down.”

Source : Interview with Paul Sagan, John Huey, Martin Nisenhotlz, www.digitalriptide.org. April 4, 2013.
“But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights.”
“I have committed myself to joy. I have come to realize that those who make space for joy, those who prefer nothing to joy, those who desire the utter reality, will most assuredly have it. We must not be afraid to announce it to refugees, slum dwellers, saddened prisoners, angry prophets. Now and then we must even announce it to ourselves. In this prison of now, in this cynical and sophisticated age, someone must believe in joy.”
“O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!”
“I did more research into the police procedure. I worked out with SWAT guys and ex- and active military guys, and consulted with them and read books. As far as the character itself, I don't know how you can research being a focused guy, aside from just being a focused person and knowing what that's like. Outside of the character background and all that, there wasn't a whole lot of other stuff to really delve into. You just do what you do.”
“You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.”

Source : Interview with Michael Jarrett, www2.york.psu.edu. November 8, 1987.
“The past does not only draw us back to the past. There are certain memories of the past that have strong steel springs and, when we who live in the present touch them, they are suddenly stretched taut and then they propel us into the future.”

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