"We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance."

-- Calvin Coolidge

#Mean Quotes #Government Quotes #Self Quotes

“Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man's attitude. Ask HOW to afford it.”
“I know already that I will return to this day whenever I want to. I can bid it alive. Preserve it. There is a still point where the present, the now, winds around itself, and nothing is tangled. The river is not where it begins or ends, but right in the middle point, anchored by what has happened and what is to arrive.”
“She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappropriate future moment.”
“I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.”
“If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.”
“Illness reduces man to his basic state: a cloaca in which the chemical processes continue. The meaningless hegemony of the involuntary.”

Source : Paul Bowles (2002). “The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House”
“To engage with art, we have to be willing to be wrong, venture outside our psychic comfort zones, suspend disbelief, and remember that art explores and alters consciousness simultaneously.”
“The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision rejected Congress' findings and its method of reasoning, .. Is there any real justification for the court's denigrating Congress' 'method of reasoning'?.”

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