"I don't keep from despairing. I let myself despair. I just don't linger there for too long. There's too much to laugh about, two knuckleheads I have to feed, and a lot of really excellent television to watch. I think the mess we're in deserves the full range of human feeling, from despair to its opposite, which I would say is not hope, happiness, or peace, but freedom."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Emily Raboteau

#Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“As a psychopathic creature, the corporation can neither recognize nor act upon moral reasons to refrain from harming others.”

Source : Joel Bakan (2005). “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power”, p.60, Simon and Schuster
“Every time Washington regulators pass down another heavy-handed rule or levy another hefty fine, Colorado loses potential jobs, revenue, and economic security.”
“America under 30 is a more non-whites place than America over 60. And we know that non-whites and whites vote differently.”
“Be aware of the level of the stock market. Are yields low and PE ratios high?”
“I’m one of those moms who’s at the bus stop with my camcorder every year, with my phone taking a million pictures as they get on the bus.”
“A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me.”
“Oh dear... it really is rather disillusioning. When one's friends marry for money they are wretched, when they marry for love it is worse. What is the proper thing to marry for, I should like to know?”
“Unfortunately, at present, practically no one under thirty goes to workshops. It's a system of education entirely for the middle aged.”

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