"I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil."

-- Voltaire

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“Not every woman is obsessed with shoes. But every woman is more obsessed with shoes than her husband is (although that's not too difficult to accomplish, since your husband has exactly two pairs--black shoes that are ten years old and barely broken in and sneakers that are so dirty they classify as a biohazard).”

Source : Peter Scott (2008). “There's a Spouse in My House: A Humorous Journey Through the First Years of Marriage”, p.97, Penguin
“... if the society toward which we are developing is not to be a nightmare of exhaustion, we must use the interlude of the present era to develop a new technology which is based on a circular flow of materials such that the only sources of man's provisions will be his own waste products.”

Source : "Economics As a Science". Book by Kenneth E. Boulding, 1970.
“I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.”
“To be a part of a show that makes that not feel demanding and makes it feel natural and makes you want to go to work, every day, and be excited about it, from what I hear, that's pretty rare.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Home's where the people you love are. It's about finding the things that matter to you, and holding on to them and taking care of them.”

Source : Charles Sheehan-Miles (2015). “Thompson Sisters Anthology: The Complete Series (6 Novels plus 2 Bonus Novellas)”, p.396, Cincinnatus Press
“Hoffmeier furnishes a sophisticated fresh approach to the Biblical Exodus traditions filled with detailed Egyptological background, and utterly indispensable because of its basis in recent, and in many cases as yet unpublished, archaeological data. This is a virtual encyclopedia of the Exodus.”
“Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.”

Source : Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1969). “History of Women Suffrage”, Ayer Co Pub
“It is wrong to take half or more of what people earn; wrong to force some people to pay for the support of others, threatening them with jail if they refuse (are in "noncompliance").”

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