"It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad."

-- James Madison

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“In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity. The distance between you and them can one day become so great that your joyous cry over some new gain could be answered by an universal shriek of horror.”
“As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.”
“Put a small piano in a truck and drive out on country roads; take time to discover new scenery; stop in a pretty place where there is a good church; upload the piano and tell the residents; give a concert; offer flowers to the people who have been so kind as to attend; leave again.”
“Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism, like the flagellantes in the Middle Ages.”

Source : David Lodge (1984). “Small world: an academic romance”, Harvill Secker
“Write your name in kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten.”
“The mind is satisfied with phrased, but not the body, the body is more fastidious, it wants muscles. A body always tells the truth, that's why it's usually depressing and disgusting to look at.”
“When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born.”
“Your story matters, who you are matters, tonight matters, none of it is an accident. You were born for the blue skies.”

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