"American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down."

-- Larry Pressler

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“We are little animals walking on the ground, we have a certain life time, we are acting and interacting with different people, and we are trying to build things, but we are just some sort of virus compared to the entire sky. You always have to remember that the moon, the earth, the sun, they are like the real universal objects. We are just passing by, and it makes life more beautiful to think that way. More relaxing to think that way, that nothing is really important, because you give yourself much more confidence and you forgive yourself more things when you think about that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The essence of the this-time-is-different syndrome is...rooted in the firmly held belief that financial crises are things that happen to other people in other countries at other times; crises do not happen to us, here and now. We are doing things better, we are smarter, we have learned from past mistakes. The old rules of valuation no longer apply. Unfortunately, a highly leveraged economy can unwittingly be sitting with its back at the edge of a financial cliff for many years before chance and circumstance provoke a crisis of confidence that pushes it off.”
“Fear distorts the world. Fear sees demons where only shadows dwell.”
“We must work toward the elimination of all nuclear weapons, and an end to policies which cause this country to move toward the weaponization of space.”
“Relationships are the only thing that matter in business in life.”
“Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak.”

Source : Larry McMurtry (1983). “In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas”
“I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me - American closets. I cannot believe one can dress well when you have so much.”
“In every feeling, look deeply. Explore without ceasing. At bottom, love is.”

Source : Gerald G. May (1977). “Simply Sane: Stop Fixing Yourself and Start Really Living”

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