"We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense."

-- Roland Barthes

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“A flower is a miracle, but it does not have the sight or speech to describe us. And our own ability is no greater than that flower when we try to describe God. His infinity covers not only one planet, but the entire solar system and 100 billion suns. That doesn't mean he is limited in his ability to be part of you.”
“I'm an economist by training. And I know that what works is a permanent increase in buying power.”

Source : "2012 Showdown in Missouri". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. November 29, 2011.
“Much in the way Olympic athletes optimize their game by paying an enormous - borderline maniacal - amount of attention to things like diet, exercise, sleep, and of course the essential R&R, we all would do well to pay more attention to those key aspects of our lives that comprise our overall health equation.”

Source : "Living Like an Olympian" by David B. Agus, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2012.
“When I go to see something I'm in, or my friends are in, it's like a home movie. When I just go to the movies and don't know anyone in it, then it's a real movie.”
“If you know something bad is coming, can't you plan to avoid it or try to do something differently?" said Charles. Probably", said the Cartographer, "but then the good events would have no flavor. The joy you find in life is paid for by suffering that comes later, just as sometimes, the suffering is redeemed by a joy unexpected. That's the trade that makes a life worth living.”

Source : James A. Owen (2015). “Dawn of the Dragons: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon”, p.192, Simon and Schuster
“Most people are not for or against anything; the first object of getting people together is to make them respond somehow, to overcome inertia.”

Source : Mary Parker Follett (1918). “The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government”, p.212, Penn State Press
“Spirituality and the secular world are not that far apart.”
“The heart of taijutsu is important and only through training will one polish that heart (like a gem) and understand true taijutsu.”

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