"We all want what's been suddenly disallowed."

-- Charles Olson

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“Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous?”
“I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn't irascible.”

Source : Ezra Pound (1950). “The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941”, p.111, New Directions Publishing
“Everyone recognizes that's a joke because obviously the number and shape of the pieces doesn't affect the size of the pizza. And similarly, the stocks, bonds, warrants, etc., issued don't affect the aggregate value of the firm.”
“Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they're back on the streets. Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.”
“Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.”
“Saying good night to the mountains, the sun throws his most beautiful rays to them, that they may not forget him till the morning.”

Source : Johanna Spyri (2015). “Heidi”, p.47, First Avenue Editions
“We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.”

Source : "Ashcroft, senators offer plans to investigate FBI" by From Terry Freiden, www.cnn.com. June 20, 2001.
“In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.”

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