"All his life he [the American] jumps into the train after it has started and jumps out before it has stopped; and he never once gets left behind, or breaks a leg."

-- George Santayana

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“I do think Bitcoin is the first [encrypted money] that has the potential to do something like change the world.”
“I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire.”
“Being vegan provides us with the peace of knowing that we are no longer participants in the hideous violence that is animal exploitation.”
“It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2012). “The Heroes: A First Law Novel”, p.108, Hachette UK
“If a lie is only printed often enough, it becomes a quasi-truth, and if such a truth is repeated often enough, it becomes an article of belief, a dogma, and men will die for it.”

Source : "The crown of a life". Book by Isa Blagden, 1869.
“Death is unimportant to a yogi; he does not mind when he is going to die. What happens after death is immaterial to him. He is only concerned with life-with how he can use his life for the betterment of humanity. Having undergone various types of pain in his life and having acquired a certain mastery over pain, he develops compassion to help society and maintains himself in purity and holiness. The yogi has no interest beyond that.”
“There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.”
“An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.”

Source : "Star-Spangled Baton?" by Leonard Slatkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2013.

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