"We live today in a world where most of the really important developments in everything from math and physics and astronomy to public policy and psychology and classical music are so extremely abstract and technically complex and context-dependent that it's next to impossible for the ordinary citizen to feel that they (the developments) have much relevance to her actual life."

-- David Foster Wallace

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“Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.”
“I wanted to be a musical theatre actress - I wanted to play Sally Bowles, forever and ever always.”
“There are more battles won through prayer than by any other means.”
“Some, in their curiosity, will say, "But you Mormons have another Bible! Do you believe in the Old and New Testaments?" I answer we do believe in the Old and New Testaments, and we have also another book, called the Book of Mormon. What are the doctrines of the Book of Mormon? The same as those of the Bible.”
“Don't tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz.”
“Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there.”
“The way to defeat fear: decide on a course of conduct and follow it. Keep so busy and work so hard that you forget about being afraid.”
“To ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne'er come down again.”

Source : Mary Howitt (1834). “Sketches of natural history”, p.123

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