"To enslave a people, give them money they didn't earn."

-- James Cook

#People Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had a fresh way of viewing the both literature and the world. From then on, I found I was impatient with books that were not honest or that were trivial and frivolous.”
“There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all”
“Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.”
“Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.”
“You are free. Close your eyes. Open your mind. Let this music in, and you will see that this is true”
“Find x if (x)=2sin3x,over the domain -2piX=Beth 'Stop goofing around!',I said. 'I'm not! I'm stating the truth.You're my solution to everything',Xavier replied. 'The end result is always you.X always equals Beth.”
“Think of all the nonsense you had to learn in psychology courses. None of which was testable. None of which was measurable. We had behaviorism, Freudian psychology, all of these theories that you learn in psychology. Totally untestable. Now, we can test it, because physics allows us to calculate energy flows in the brain.”
“Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.”

Source : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket

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