"The Now, that indivisible point which studs the length of infinite line Whose ends are nowhere, is thine all , the puny all thou callest thine."

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Source : Sir Richard Francis Burton (1894). “The Kasîdah (couplets) of Hâjî Abdû Al-Yazdi: A Lay of the Higher Law”

Richard Francis Burton

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“For us, destiny always feels... if you obey, it's almost a passive thing.”
“One can be unhappy before eating caviar, even after, but at least not during.”
“Over 20 million children of conflict are out of school. Education is often forgotten.”
“Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.”
“And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.”

Source : Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2003.
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum....”

Source : Noam Chomsky (2013). “How the World Works”, p.234, Soft Skull Press
“Big cities like New York are thriving, economically, culturally, in terms of real estate values, and by a slew of other measures. Yet, at the same time, much of the country has been utterly hollowed out. In California, where I live, affluent coastal cities such as San Francisco and the Silicon Valley hubs have lower than national average unemployment, higher wages, higher tax bases. Meanwhile, there are inland counties in California where there's still nearly 20 percent unemployment.”
“The greatest problem in Japanese politics over the last two decades is that we put off what needed to be done. We have to overcome that.”

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