"In a Republican district I was a Republican. In a Democratic district I was a Democrat. And in a doubtful district, I was Doubtful. But I was always for Erie."

-- Jay Gould

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“We are not perfect. What god is Examine yours. According to your mythos he was so disappointed with his initial efforts creating your race that he tried again. At least we imprisoned our mistakes. Your god permits his to roam free. At a mere few thousand years old your creation myths are far more absurd than ours.”
“These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.”
“When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts.”
“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
“In Godâ€™s economy, vision should move from the fringes to the middle.”
“Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.”
“You can be effective in this world without stress.”
“I was on this path to becoming a computer-science guy, but I didn't like it. I got no joy from it. It was very, very scary. It was suffocating to think that I was just going to do this thing for the rest of my life.”

Source : Interview with Jane Marie, believermag.com. January 1, 2015.

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