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“I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.”
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“A great disaster had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.”
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“The Magna Carta is an early reminder of the crucial difference between freedom and liberty. Liberty is freedom that is unique to humans, it is guaranteed by law. All animals are free, but in a system of humans total freedom is anarchy. Humans have thrived by letting a dominant authority regulate freedom. Liberty is a freedom that the authority has granted or has been persuaded to grant. For centuries, the state and the people have negotiated, peacefully and violently.”
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“Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.”
Source : Lysander Spooner (1847). “The unconstitutionality of slavery: including parts first and second”, p.153
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“Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you'll start thinking waaay outside the box.”
Source : "Under age gun: when less time can mean better problem-solving" by Adam Savage, www.wired.com. February 11, 2013.
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“If I have to move up in a building, I choose the elevator over the escalator. Because one time I was riding the escalator and I tripped. I fell down the stairs for an hour and a half.”
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“It is amazing the quality of human beings that are in this world if we can just get past people not dressing the way we want them to dress.”
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“Cath couldn't stop thinking about Levi and his ten thousand smiles.”