"The official ideology [of Poland] is Marxism-Leninism, which no one openly admits to believing. For Marx expressed the German view, and Lenin the Russian one, and the meeting of these particular minds has always spelled Polish ruin."

-- Norman Davies

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“If I had a horse buck with me now, Iâ€™m a little disappointed. Itâ€™s not the end of the world, but Iâ€™m a little disappointed if I couldnâ€™t keep the horse out of trouble, whereas it used to be a source of pride, and now itâ€™s sort of source of shame if I let the horse get lost.”
“During job interviews, when they ask: 'What is your worst quality?', I always say: 'Flatulence'. That way I get my own office.”
“If knowledge had no other merit than to make the ignorant fear and respect you, and scholars love and honour you, this would be good enough reason to seek after it. Let alone all its other merits in this world and the next.”
“Meet the Press is the oldest and most treasured public affairs show on television.”

Source : "Time for David Gregory to Apologize" by David Shuster, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 1, 2013.
“It's never my intent to be controversial but I don't shy away from it.”
“I was the youngest in my family. When the other kids went to school, my mother would make them breakfast and then she would go back to bed for an hour, so I was sort of babysat by television.”
“...reasonable natures have free will, and can turn to the good or the bad voluntarily by themselves. They either attach themselves to God's will, which results in their continuous progress, improvement and advancement, or they oppose God's will, are justly subjected to what He permits, and sink wretchedly from bad to worse.”

Source : "The homilies".
“I refuse to be pushed around anymore.”

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