"By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur."

-- Stephen Sondheim

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“The Gadianton Robbers from the Book of Mormon are loose among us. The King-men, and women, are running our government. And, worst of all, we are blindly electing them, or appointing them so they can continue to destroy the things we cherish most.”
“I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence.”

Source : "Carly Rae Jepsen Calls Her New Man 'Really Great'" by Paul Chi, people.com. August 26, 2012.
“Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free.”
“The passion for exploration and discovery, the hunger to learn all things about all aspects of the physical world, the great and preposterous optimism that held that such truths were in fact discoverable, its dazzling sophistication and its occasional startling innocence; an age in which geographical and scientific discoveries surpassed anything previously dreamt of, and yet an age in which it was still, just barely, possible to believe in mermaids and unicorns - these remarkable traits so characterized the British 18th century”
“In the game of life, nothing is less important than the score at halftime.”
“But one doesn't wait for a revolution. One becomes it.”

Source : Carl Safina (2011). “The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World”, p.52, Macmillan
“Her smile, I'm sure, burnt Rome to the ground.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 13, 2012
“Every man has his excuses, and the more vile the man becomes, the more touching the story has to be. What is my story now, I wonder?”

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