"Not all negativity is bad. In politics, it's a necessary clarifying tool."

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Jacob Weisberg

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“Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy.”
“My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.”
“The Holy Spirit has a sanctifying influence. The influence of the Holy Spirit tends towards sanctification, purity and holiness. Expect to live a life of greater purity, sanctification and holiness when under the sweet influence of the Holy Spirit.”
“I feel I've lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest.”
“As long as you cling to your self, you will wander right and left, day and night, for thousands of years; and when, after all that effort, you finally open your eyes, you will see your self, through inherent defects, wandering round itself like the ox in a mill; but, if, once freed of your self, you finally get down to work, this door will open to you within two minutes.”
“A man really writes for an audience of about ten persons. Of course if others like it, that is clear gain. But if those ten are satisfied, he is content.”
“Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth.”
“The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.”

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