"America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive."

-- John W. Gardner

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“Animals have always been therapeutic for me to work with; they help me get me grounded from being on the road.”
“It's even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday.”
“To engage with art, we have to be willing to be wrong, venture outside our psychic comfort zones, suspend disbelief, and remember that art explores and alters consciousness simultaneously.”
“Modern cars I don't like so much.”
“When you talk about world record times, you have to understand that everything must be perfect the weather, the course, the temperature. It is not always enough to be in good shape.”
“Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.”
“We are ready to end fascism once and for all, even in spite of the Republican government.”

Source : The Toronto Daily Star, August 5, 1936.
“The Silicon Valley companies are not understating that they are so politically and socially and culturally central in the world. They would probably never have thought that they would become like this. But now that they are, what are they gonna do about it? I have a lots of friends who work in these companies: it's about taking responsibility.”

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