"When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end."

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Source : Sir John Denham (1709). “Poems and Translations: With the Sophy, a Tragedy”, p.150

John Denham

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“The economic prerequisites for the socialist revolution are fully matured in the US. The political premises are likewise far more advanced than might appear on the surface.”

Source : James P. Cannon (2000). “Fighting for Socialism in the 'American Century'”, p.148, Resistance Books
“It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them.”

Source : Alfred Russel Wallace (1869). “The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise”, p.267, London, Macmillan
“The notion that big business and big labor and big government can sit down around a table somewhere and work out the direction of the American economy is at complete variance with the reality of where the American economy is headed. I mean, it's like dinosaurs gathering to talk about the evolution of a new generation of mammals.”

Source : "Democrat Bruce Babbitt". Interview with Steven Pearlstein, www.inc.com. August 1, 1987.
“Gwynn, she was always talking about wanting to be drunk and honestly I did want to encourage that, I wanted to go to a bar with her and let all the stuff sobriety pushed down be released so I could catch it in my palms and finally kiss her. She was just so sad. Melancholy was a fleshy wave permanently cresting on her face, she had to speak through it when she talked.”
“The highest human purpose is always to reinvent and celebrate the sacred.”

Source : "Think Diffident". www.wired.com. December 01, 2000.
“I am like a folk painter. Paint and move ahead.”
“I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence.”
“Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody.”

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