"We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us."

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Source : Josef Škvorecký (1986). “The engineer of human souls: an entertainment on the old themes of life, women, fate, dreams, the working class, secret agents, love and death”, Picador

Josef Skvorecky

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“The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.”
“If it be true that God and man are in one image or likeness (and the affirmation that they are so is not unplausible) then it is the duty of man to bring out into its full splendor that Divine Image which is latent, on one side, in the complexity of his own nature.”
“Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.”
“Coming eyeball to eyeball with a hummingbird on my terrace is as exciting to me as any celebrity Ive met as a result of Downton Abbey.”
“We basically have only two real tried and true techniques that can help counter this. One of them is to make systems as simple as we can, and there are limits to that because we can only simplify things so much. The other is the use of encryption.”
“I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.”

Source : "Garrett Hedlund Exclusive Interview TRON: LEGACY; Plus an ON THE ROAD Update". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 27, 2010.
“Music and weed go well together, obviously.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.”

Source : Samuel Daniel (1855). “Selections from the Poetical Works of Samuel Daniel: With Biographical Introd., Notes, Etc”, p.132

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