"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out."

-- Tony Blair

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“... the modern state masks itself in moral ideologies which obscure its actual conduct. One of the most compelling and insidious of these ideologies is the doctrine of natural rights. It was to secure these rights that the modern state was invented in the first place, and it is impossible, especially for Americans, not to be seduced by the doctrine. But it is nonetheless a philosophical superstition.”
“I have written too much about lives - I feel I have lived for too long.”
“If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling.”

Source : "Analyzing Ozzy's family". www.cnn.com. April 25, 2002.
“She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a cork board like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.”
“When you're in Hollywood, you get sort of jaded about what you think the sense of humor of Hollywood is supposed to be, so you can't think outside the box.”

Source : Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. February 2, 2012.
“The punk-rock ethos was "Do it yourself. Anyone can do this. We're not sent from the heavens."”
“Change is inevitable, progress is not.”
“When I see the first dailies on any movie, I usually feel that I had no idea how this combination of ingredients was going to mix together, what it was going to produce.”

Source : "Wes Anderson, Creating A Singular 'Kingdom'". "Fresh Air" with David Bianculli, www.capeandislands.org. May 29, 2012.

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