"During the [Barack] Obama presidency, the Dow doubled in real terms. What's more, its growth has been remarkably steady."

-- Kevin Drum

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“The most dangerous ideas are not those that challenge the status quo. The most dangerous ideas are those so embedded in the status quo, so wrapped in a cloud of inevitability, that we forget they are ideas at all.”

Source : Jacob M. Appel (2014). “Phoning Home: Essays”, p.76, Univ of South Carolina Press
“My show is constantly evolving... new tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected participants from the audience that make it fresh and provide some of the best comic relief.”
“Lightening falls, all you can do is- pray God that it doesn't fall on you.”
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
“Science fiction fans are awesome, they love you so much that they'll watch anything you do, even if it's complete crap. I never dreamed that I would go to conventions and sit down and have coffee with a Klingon. It's so weird, but it's my life.”

Source : "Starbuck Speaks". Eric Gillin, www.esquire.com. June 28, 2007.
“Hats have power. Hats can change you into someone else.”
“Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears.”
“I love swimming, tennis, and I am taking up golf. I am not serious about it, I just go to the range and practice. Other than that, I enjoy going to the movies and hanging out with my friends.”

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