"The more important point, however, is not about what the money does. It's about what has to be done to get the money. The effect of the money might be (democratically) benign. But what is done to secure that money is not necessarily benign. To miss this point is to betray the Robin Hood fallacy: the fact that the loot was distributed justly doesn't excuse the means taken to secure it."

-- Lawrence Lessig

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“Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.”
“Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “Setting the Tone: Essays and a Diary”, p.149, Open Road Media
“of course the pace of change never slows, even when we've convinced ourselves it will.”
“I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.”
“The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.”
“For every good song, I write 20 bad ones I have to chuck away.”
“The very freedom and expressiveness we find missing in life we find present in art.”
“A little fear is good for a fellow, it keeps him from getting over-confident.”

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