"One age cannot be completely understood if all the others are not understood. The song of history can only be sung as a whole."

-- Jose Ortega y Gasset

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“Capitalism is what people do if you leave them alone.”
“Other people sing in the shower, but I don't.”

Source : "Andrea Corr interview: I got excited about music again" by Gavin Martin, www.mirror.co.uk. June 10, 2011.
“If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.”
“This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.”
“The American war is over; but this far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the drama is closed. It remains yet to establish and perfect our new forms of government, and to prepare the principles, morals, and manners of our citizens for these forms of government after they are established and brought to perfection.”
“Don't get me started on the little airplane name badges," Natalie grumbled.”

Source : Peter Lerangis (2011). “The 39 Clues #7: The Viper's Nest”, p.39, Scholastic Inc.
“We have a policy at The New Yorker, .. That is, if someone doesn't want to be profiled, we drop it. I would like you to show me the same courtesy.”
“We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.”

Source : "John Stott: 10 Memorable Quotes" by Eryn Sun, www.christianpost.com. July 28, 2011.

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