"If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole system of credit and finance which is carried on here at Rome in the Forum, is inextricably bound up with the revenues of the Asiatic province. If Those revenues are destroyed, our whole system of credit will come down with a crash."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“a car is just a moving, giant handbag! You never have actually to carry groceries, or dry cleaning, or anything! You can have five pairs of shoes with you at all times!”
“Before any final solution to American history can occur, a reconciliation must be effected between the spiritual owner of the land - American Indians - and the political owner of the land - American Whites. Guilt and accusations cannot continue to revolve in a vacuum without some effort at reaching a solution.”

Source : Vine Deloria Jr. (2016). “God Is Red: A Native View of Religion”, p.68, Fulcrum Publishing
“I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.”
“There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word.”

Source : Anthony Standen (1950). “Science is a sacred cow”
“Too few people recognize that the high technology so celebrated today is essentially a mathematical technology.”
“When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized that it was just a basketball game. Just go out there and have fun.”

Source : The InsideHoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. June 14, 2003.
“As a filmmaker I cannot make anything beautiful. I'm Platonic in that sense.”

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