"The United States is dangerously close to being a plutocracy. A third of the private wealth is owned by less than 5 percent of the population."

-- Robert Payne

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“Stupid Internet. I don't know why everyone is so impressed with it.”
“Bryan Robson, well, he does what he does and his future is in the future”
“That's when the magic happens- when everyone else is asleep and you're awake thinking about the world as it is, and the world as it could be. Make the most of those moments.”

Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.203, Simon and Schuster
“Broke up created a crisis...in every circumstance because a family gets blown apart. We all know what that does to a child. We all know what that does to a woman's identity. But, at the same time, it caused me to start to reevaluate all those things weren't able to stay intact - all the people's attention, all the success, the financial security. It didn't have any value.”
“HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.”
“Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.”

Source : Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.170, Schocken
“You should see me, dressed to kill. I wear a pair of hacked-off jeans and a too-big T-shirt that I can roll up onto my head when the sun gets bad. I donâ€™t wear shoes- one, because I donâ€™t have any, and two, because you need to feel with your feet.”
“Not all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our hopes spill over its rim.”

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