"There was a time when we were told . . . that a sense of common interest would preside over the conduct of the respective members...This language at the present day would appear as wild as that great part of what we now hear from the same quarter will be thought, when we shall have received further lessons from that best oracle of wisdom, experience."

-- Alexander Hamilton

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“Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.”
“After I finished the Tycoons - on post-Civil War development - I realized how much I didn't know about the first half of the century, even though there had obviously been an enormous amount of development, so I read about and thought about that for a couple of years before I decided I was ready for a book.”

Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.
“I want you to adore the Universe, to be easily delighted, but to be prompt as well with impatience with those artists who offend your own deep notions of what the Universe is or should be. â€˜This above all ...â€™”
“If they have to put the word 'natural' on a box to convince you, it probably isn't.”
“In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.”
“To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.”
“Since I didn't have a spork handy, I leaned over the sink and scooped up a palmful of cold water and pressed it against my face. There had to be a better option than a violent sporking. There had to be a way to get rid of my dad.”

Source : Devon Monk (2009). “Magic in the Shadows: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.13, Penguin
“I believe that the teachers unions are doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing. They were designed to be professional organizations that protect the rights and privileges and pay of their members. The problem is that we don't have an organized national interest group with the same heft as the teachers union that's advocating on behalf of children.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com

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