"It affects every aspect of our lives, is often said to be the root of all evil, and the analysis of the world that it makes possible - what we call 'the economy' - is so important to us that economists have become the high priests of our society. Yet, oddly, there is absolutely no consensus among economists about what money really is."

-- David Graeber

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“I wish," he said, "I had known at eighteen what I know now - that there are some things on which one does not compromise.”
“My heart can be pasture for deer and a convent for monks, a temple for idols and a Kaaba for the pilgrims. It is both the tables of the Torah and the Koran. It professes the religion of Love wherever its caravans are heading. Love is my law. Love is my faith.”
“Everybody knows if it's on the Internet, some brilliant hacker can get at it.”

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“If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.”
“I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave the theater filled with the desire to talk about the play and the issues and the characters, and how they're all navigating their personal views around race.”
“A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws.”
“Running a liberal paper is like feeding melted butter on the end of an awl to a wild cat.”
“Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?”

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