"Men, to act with vigour and effect, must have time to mature measures, and judgment and experience, as to the best method of applying them. They must not be hurried on to their conclusions by the passions, or the fears of the multitude. They must deliberate, as well as resolve."

-- Joseph Story

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“Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?”
“It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking.”
“Painting is the frozen evidence of a performance.”

Source : "What I've Learned: Chuck Close" by Andy Ward, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
“As Albert Camus wrote, the doctorâ€™s role is as a witness â€“ to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak out against the horrors of political inaction... The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting.”
“Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?”
“People working together in a strong community with a shared goal and a common purpose can make the impossible possible.”
“New Orleans is one of the two most ingrown, self-obsessed little cities in the United States. (The other is San Francisco.)”
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”

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