"You don't hear TV cops griping because they have to enforce some Draconian law that shouldn't be on the books in the first place, or lamenting vindictive excesses in sentencing. Hollywood, supposedly a frothing cauldron of liberalism, has always been conservative on crime."

-- Tom Shales

#Book Quotes #Law Quotes #Excess Quotes

“This was a splendid life. Splendid in its obscurity and humility, splendid in its strength and charity, splendid in its achievements.”
“The fundamental truth of democracy is the belief that the real pleasures of life are increased by sharing them.”
“Masters runners fare best when they designate every third week as a recovery week.”
“I think that there is a purity aesthetic, like "I just make art because I'm an artist and I can't help it. I don't care what the critics say." But different mediums have a different relationship with the public. If you're in a performing medium it's hard not to place some weight on whether or not people come to your shows, or whether or not they're enjoying them.”
“Wealth brings noble opportunities, and competence is a proper object of pursuit; but wealth, and even competence, may be bought at too high a price. Wealth itself has no moral attribute. It is not money, but the love of money, which is the root of all evil. It is the relation between wealth and the mind and the character of its possessor which is the essential thing.”

Source : George Stillman HILLARD (1854). “The Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession. An Address Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association, Etc”, p.31
“I think whether you're a movie critic and have seen a million movies, or you're just a normal popcorn movie watcher, you can tell the difference when someone is just laying it on too thick.”
“Mindfulness is like thatâ€”it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.”
“If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first.”

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