"I don't go by the ratings. I buy wine that tastes good. Statistically, anybody's ability to predict what will be a good wine a decade from now is limited."

-- Richard Thaler

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“Remember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized forcemilitary and police power put to the service of the insiders who control it. Yes, there are constraints on the way the insiders use their power. There are 'checks and balances,' built into the constitution, for example. And there are cultural norms and traditional prohibitions. But eventually, the norms and traditions wear off, like painkillers. And then, the pain of raw government begins again.”

Source : "Careful Steps to Avoid a 'Dystopian Future'" by Bill Bonner, dailyreckoning.com. January 12, 2012.
“Exercise II. Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous. I have written an example to get you started: Dear Diary, I spent the morning admiring my skin elasticity. God alive, I feel supple.”
“A story is told as much by silence as by speech.”

Source : Susan Griffin (2015). “A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War”, p.118, Open Road Media
“Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.”
“To try to write better than you do now is to risk rejection and failure. But not to risk those things in an insult to yourself, to other writers, and to your readers.”
“If you want a friend, feed any animal.”

Source : "The story behind the furry" by Amy Letter, therumpus.net. June 16, 2010.
“I don't see the point in signing on to do something and then leaving.”
“The people in power have created an obesity epidemic.”

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