"One theme of what I've been writing has been to get people to understand that "apolitical" means "you lose." It doesn't mean you live a utopian life free of politicians' influence. The destruction of the public domain is the clearest example, but it will only be the first."

-- Lawrence Lessig

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“The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April, May, and June of 1856, for the most part on horseback.”

Source : Edward Burnett Tylor (1861). “Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern”, p.11
“I grew up in the prolonged survival of the great age of the horse, with harness and saddle and sleigh bells and horse pictures, not as antiques but the facts of our lives.”
“A big silvery janitor. Penny, this canâ€™t be how the universe works.â€ â€œIn the Order we call it â€˜inverse profundity.â€™ Weâ€™ve observed it in any number of cases. The deeper you go into the cosmic mysteries, the less interesting everything gets.”
“Yes, I share your concern: how to program well -though a teachable topic- is hardly taught. The situation is similar to that in mathematics, where the explicit curriculum is confined to mathematical results; how to do mathematics is something the student must absorb by osmosis, so to speak. One reason for preferring symbol-manipulating, calculating arguments is that their design is much better teachable than the design of verbal/pictorial arguments. Large-scale introduction of courses on such calculational methodology, however, would encounter unsurmoutable political problems.”
“Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.”
“When I play for the people, every time I play for my audience they are hypnotized, seen. These guys know the potential of the music.”
“I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“You always pay too much. Particularly for promises. There aint no such thing as a bargain promise.”

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