"Inflation is like toothpaste. Once it's out, you can hardly get it back in again."

-- Karl Otto Pohl

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“The powers of the sword are in the hands of the yeomanry of America from sixteen to sixty. The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress has no power to disarm the militia.”

Source : The Pennsylvania Gazette, February 20, 1788.
“When you're a regular on a TV show, they give you more of a backstory, so with these recurring gigs, you have to make up your own backstory.”

Source : "Alan Dale: The Nicest Bad Guy in The Biz". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. February 6, 2013.
“I really loved music and went to a lot of clubs to see bands and dance. I loved going out.”
“It was possible, maybe, to have facts in your mind that weren't facts at all. You could build a whole life's story on false assumptions. You could make truths out of untruths and untruths out of truths. Until you spoke them, really said them out loud or checked for sure, you may not have known which were which.”
“If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.”
“Self-contemplation is apt to end in self-conceit.”
“I used to write as an escape. There's no escape. There's just me sending my voice into the dark, waiting for an echo.”
“I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm!”

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