"COULD I PASS A WEEK IN THE INSANE WARD AT BLACKWELL'S ISLAND? I SAID I COULD AND I WOULD. AND I DID."

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Source : Nellie Bly (2016). “Ten Days in a Mad-House”, p.4, Nellie Bly

Nellie Bly

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“Bitcoin is getting there. But it’s not there yet. When it gets there, expect governments to panic and society to be reshaped into something where governments cannot rely on taxing income nor wealth for running their operations.”

Source : "Why Bitcoin Is Poised To Change Society Much More Than The Internet Did". Personal Blog, falkvinge.net. April 03, 2013.
“Sometimes he felt sure that the key to happiness was a poor memory.”
“It makes me furious to hear haters of all skin colors - especially Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fundamentalists - deride other people because of their different beliefs and lifestyles.”
“It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.”
“I believe the minorities need to have a strategy of survival because needless aggression when you cannot change the situation does not help. Wisdom is more important than saving some cultural symbol.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“I have a personality that tends to be somewhat compulsive, and I do tend to think in a circular way. I dwell on the same things over and over and I try to figure out different ways of looking at the same issue.”
“Man is the only thing that has no further use after something goes amiss.”
“I like movies that leave things in the hands of the audience.”

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